The brilliant trombonist Denis Wick, a star in the London Symphony Orchestra’s swagger brass section, died yesterday at the age of 93, his family has reported. Denis joined the LSO as principal trombone in 1957 […]
Eighteen years after the alleged event, Vanessa Fralick – assistant principal trombone of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra – has accused her former teacher Peter Ellefson of pestering her for sex. Ellefson has been professor at […]
The music director has declared he’s had enough after two decades in which the company has stumbled from Placido Domingo sex-pest charges to its present cancellation of new work. No-one can fault Conlon for resigning […]
Wedding Band:A Love/Hate Story in Black and White – Stratford Festival Click here to subscribe or free trial Alice Childress, American novelist, playwright, and actress, born in 1916, is the only African-American woman to have written, produced, and published plays […]
The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra has chosen Marc Albrecht as its next chief conductor. Albrecht, 61, is from Hannover, where his father was GMD for 30 years. Marc lives mostly in Holland. He succeeds the Hong […]
The American soprano has resigned as artistic adviser to the Kennedy Center, following President Trump’s clearout of the board and management. She writes: It has been a privilege to serve as an Artistic Advisor at […]
Deborah Rutter resigned as president last month, but she was not mean to go until the end of the year. However, in the past hour she said goodbye to her staff, leaving her office to […]
Ireland’s Minister for Arts and Culture Patrick O’Donovan announced today that the country’s Arts Council spent €6.7 million (£5.7m) on an IT system that it soon abandoned. Report here. Why, they’re no better than the […]
The Alastair Macaulay Review this week comes from last night’s world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Festen at Covent Garden. Festen 2025.ii.12 by Alastair Macaulay How does the same harrowing drama succeed in several different […]
She played one of Schumann’s Kinderszenen in memory of a beloved, ‘fantastic’ colleague, Maria Tipo, who died this week. ‘She will be missed’ said Martha. The post Watch: Martha Argerich plays tribute to ‘inspirational’ Maria […]
