The conductor has posted a memorial notice for the Slovak violinist and violist Peter Zelienka, a key player in Frankfurt’s HR symphony orchestra since 1993. Zelienka was also founder-violist of the Haba Quartet and, lately, […]
Judith Jamison One of the greatest dancers I ever saw, Judith Jamison, died this week and I would be remiss if I didn’t pay tribute to this beautiful woman who changed the world of contemporary […]
Leo Geyer, a doctoral student at Oxford University has unearthed a manuscript of Kołysanka (Lullaby), composed in Auschwitz in 1941 by a Polish political prisoner, Adam Kopyciński. The composer survived the camp and lived on […]
France Musique have uploaded a thoughtful reading of the first cello concerto a couple of weeks ago by rising contender Edgar Moreau. Well worth half an hour of your viewing life. The post […]
Today, on Saint Cecilia’s Day, we celebrate both the patron saint of music and the life of Benjamin Britten, who was born on this very day in 1913. To mark this occasion, Britten’s Hymn to Saint […]
From the review: … I wrote of Songs of Fate in February 2024: Kremer’s commitment to playing the violin at an age when most colleagues have long turned to conducting shows how closely he regards […]
The Dutch conductor, ousted after a six-year spell at the New York Philharmonic, has been named artist in residence with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan. He is also music director of the Seoul Philharmonic […]
Laura Samuel, Leader of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since 2012, has died at the age of 48. London-born, she was co-founder of the Belcea Quartet and played in it for 16 years before joining […]
The Swiss festival has booked two concerts with the Russian-funded Greek conductor Teodor Currentzis. Russian exiles and anti-Putinists also play a prominent part. Here are some highlights: Artists making their Verbier debut: Barbara Hannigan (opening […]
The music school, which already owns the AskonasHolt agency and the Penatone record label, has now struck a deal for emerging Black composers with the Birdsong publishing wing of HP, who are direct rivals of […]
