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The London Symphony has informed us that Kurt Hans Goedicke passed away yesterday morning as a result of injuries sustained in a fall. He was LSO Principal Timpani from 1964 to 2000. Goedicke was a […]

The Utah conductor Robert Baldwin – music director of Salt Lake Symphony and Professor of Music at University of Utah – has issued an appeal for the release of his former concertmaster John Shin, who […]

The US violinist Hilary Hahn, who has withdrawn from the BBC Proms and other festivals, will not be back before November. She explains: Dear Fans and Friends, While I thought I was fully recovered from […]

From the LA Phil: The LA Phil today announced a major addition to its 2025/26 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall: Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett will appear as narrator in four performances of Beethoven’s Egmont in February 2026 […]

The former music director of Trinity Church Wall Street, Julian Wachner, is being held in jail in Indianapolis on preliminary charges related to child exploitation and child pornography, Fox59 reports. The description of the charge, […]

We’ve had this alarm call at slippedisc from musicians of the Hong Kong Philharmonic: Tomorrow or over the weekend, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will announce Bernhard Fleischer as Chief Executive and Patrick Ren as […]

A critic at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro informs us that an enormous Palestine flag was unfurled across the entire stage on the closing night of  Cambiale de Matrimonio. Our observer says: ‘After the enthusiastic […]

The US violinist Hilary Hahn has pulled out of the BBC Proms next week with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, due to an ongoing injury’. She was due to play the Dvorak concerto. Isabelle Faust jumps […]

Cagney and Lacey  This is such an enjoyable duet – the two stars of Cagney and Lacey having fun with a song from the wonderful musical, City of Angels, for charity, at the STAGE gala in 1999. City of […]

The University of North Texas has been embroiled of late in accusations of antisemitism and censorship. Now it’s trying to be oh-so-nice to everyone. Here’s how it announces an appointment: MUSIC THEORY PROFESSOR TO SIT […]