When Puccini went to war over Mimi
That Bastard Puccini is the title of a new play coming to the London stage by former Gramophone editor, James Inverne. It recounts the race between Puccini and Leoncavallo to compose an opera on La […]
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Classical music just got simpler
A study by researchers at the Sapienza University of Rome has detected ‘a trend of simplification across all music genres’. ‘Our analysis indicates that even enduring genres like classical and jazz have undergone a noticeable […]
Just in: Remote US orchestra gets $60 million gift
An anonymous donor has made one of the largest known bequests to an orchestra, and it’s going to Sarasota, in the state of Florida, The money will go to building a 1,700-seat concert hall and […]
Death of a British composer, 65
We have been notified of the death from cancer of Nicholas Wilton, a prolific composer of choral music for the Roman Catholic church. His work has been extensively recorded. The post Death of a British […]
Arts Council views ‘opera as a face-painting workshop’
A delicious quote from Richard Jones in a rare interview with Ben Lawrence in the Telegraph. Jones is directing Festen at Covent Garden. He is sure the Daily Mail will hate its bad launguage. Full […]
Trump names new CEO for Kennedy Center
President Trump strikes again by decree: I am pleased to announce that Ric Grenell will serve as the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center. Ric shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American […]
Cellists of the Berlin Pihilharmonic mourn a member
The Berlin University of the Arts has made known the death of its former cello professor Markus Nyikos, who died last month at the age of 76. Principal cellist of Festival Strings Lucerne and a […]
Two emergent talents north of the border
The Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer is the biggest music prize in Canada, worth C$125,000. The latest winners are mezzo-Soprano Kristin Hoff, founder of the Montreal contemporary company Musique 3 Femmes and pianist Meagan Milatz, co-founder […]
Anna Lapwood resigns
The Tik-tok organist has given up her position as Director of Music at Pembroke College, Cambridge, in order to spend more time at the organ. The College says: Anna Lapwood MBE will step down as […]
Watch: Yuja goes Blue
Just before 1:09 in this newly uploaded video, Yuja Wang gives her take on Rhapsody in Blue. She is supposed to be leading the orchestra but takes the main cues from its soloists. See what […]
