How English is Tony Pappano
A glowing profile in the New York Times failed to mention Sir Antonio Pappano’s less than happy encounters with orchestras in the US, where he spent his teenage years. Something, somehow, didn’t click. English music, […]
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Biz move: Askonas signs sitarist
The traditionalist agency AskonasHolt has signed the British-Asian sitar-player and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun for global management. Jasdeep won last year’s Royal Philharmonic Society’s instrumentalist award. The post Biz move: Askonas signs sitarist appeared first […]
Lincoln Center names offbeat Artist-in-Residence
While the Kennedy Center is busy cancelling gay events, its New York equivalewnt has named the stage and costume designer Clint Ramos as its artist in residence. Ramos, self-described as ‘designer, educator, activist and creative […]
A town that is proud of its Nazi composer
The town of Tauberbischofsheim in Baden-Württemberg (pop. 13,000) has a music school named after a composer called Richard Trunk. Trunk (1879-1968) was an earrly member of the Nazi party who met Hitler on several occasions. […]
Bloodbath at New York’s WQXR
The perennially failing Public Radio station has slashed 21 jobs, amounting to 7.7% of the workforce. Among those sacked, we hear, is the atation’s well-connected chief content officer Ed Yim (pic), former CEO of the […]
After Kennedy eviction, Pride Orchestra finds new stage nearby
Message received: San Francisco: The International Pride Orchestra (IPO) today announced that its highly anticipated Pride Celebration Concert will take place on Thursday, June 5 at the renowned Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, Maryland following […]
Eminent English organist, 76
The Organist Emeritus at Leeds Minster, Dr Simon Lindley, has died at the age of 76. He served as Leeds City Organist from 1976 to 2017. Simon was also conductor of Sheffield Bach Choir until […]
Belgian conductor, RIP
The death is reported of Herman Engels, a much-travelled Belgian conductor. He conducted and held professorships in the Netherlands, Philippines, Costa Rica, Lithiania and Ukraine, as well as in his home country. Much of his […]
Composer Profile: Ottorino Respighi
By Barry Lenson The Italian composer Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) is most admired for his incredibly skillful, masterfully orchestrated tone poems The Birds, The Pines of Rome, and The Fountains of Rome. These charming works have […]
Composer Profile: Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
Composer Profile: Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), Madrigalist and Murderer The Tomb of Carlo Gesualdo in Naples By Barry Lenson Many well-regarded composers did much more than just write music. Alexander Borodin (1833-1877) was also a physician […]
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