The Royal Opera has created a new post of associate director for Netia Jones. She will take charge of the indeterminate Linbury Theatre and share responsibility with Oliver Mears for commissioning new work in the […]
From the Times obituary of the sadly missed Laura Samuel: … During her first weeks studying violin at the Royal College of Music with Itzhak Rashkovsky she met the Romanian violinist Corina Belcea. Together they […]
Le Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace has joined up with Opéra national du Rhin to issue an official joint portrait of their famous first teams. The poster goes on sale in Strasbourg today. Marc Keller, […]
Faced with rising seasonal demand, the Bolshoi theatre has reserved some tickets for the December Nutcracker run to be sold in an online auction. Due to soaring wartime inflation, most Bolshoi tickets have doubled in […]
Voltaire and Candide Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) was better known under his nom de plume of Voltaire. He was born 330 years ago this week on Nov 21 1694. He was an historian and philosopher of […]
The Cleveland Orchestra today published its results for year ending June 30, 2024. Both total revenues and total expenses stood at $66 million, up 7.7 percent on 2022-23. The Orchestra’s endowment increased by $29 million […]
The classical guitar world is in mourning for Valérie Duchâteau, who died today of cancer. In addition to her international career, Valérie was joint director of Guitare Classique magazine with her husband, Jean-Jacques Voisin. She […]
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili has cancelled her three concerts with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia on 28/29/30 November with Daniel Harding conducting. Her replacement in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2 will be the Hungarian Kristóf […]
A social media activist has circulated a video of Albrecht Mayer, solo oboist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, teaching a class at Ann Arbor Michigan with the use of touch, which is no longer considered acceptable […]
Zachary Woolfe, chief music critic of the New York Times, has written a detailed, damning review of Klaus Mäkelä’s Carnegie Hall concerts with the Concertgebouw orchestra. Mäkelä is 28. He is head of major orchestras […]
