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The US soprano has withdrawn from the Royal Opera’s production of Faust, which does not open until late May. Covent Garden says: ‘Lisette Oropesa has withdrawn from all performances of Faust due to personal reasons.’ […]

Magical encounters This is a lovely short video from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. It was just an ordinary day for Met Security Officer  Armia Malak Khalil, born in Egypt but a New York resident for many […]

A letter has gone out from the Department of Education to presidents of colleges and music schools, outlawing positive discrimination for students of under-represented backgrounds. The key paragraph is this: The Department will no longer […]

We hear the BIS founder, Robert von Bahr, is no longer working with Apple, which bought his company, BIS, 18 months ago. Robert’s company email has been deleted and he is not responding to messages. […]

It has just been announced that Markus Poschner will become chief conductor of the ORF Symphony from September 26. He succeeds Marin Alsop. Poschner, 54, is presently chief of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz. The post […]

The death has been conveyed of violinist Mitsuru Tsubota, a member of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble since 1989. A student of Felix Galimir, Misuru was co-founder of the Strathmere Ensemble and concertmaster for all of […]

Someone explain this to me. The Chicago Symphony has announced a Eurtope tour with Jaap Van Zweden, former music director of the NY Philharmonic. He was not a success in NY. Why are Chicago running […]

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France has appointed a new principal second violin. She is Savitri Grier, former associate concertmaster of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich, and an international soloist. A Londoner of […]

The Swiss choral composer François Pantillon has died, a month after his 97th birthday. Pantillon published many tonal Christian choral pieces and cantatas before a friendship with Krzysztof Penderecki led him to a more adventurous, […]

National Symphony Orchestra bass player Jeffrey Weisner writes: We were scheduled to perform for the first time with Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington on May 21st as part of World Pride in Washington DC. The […]