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The recent walkout by the veteran Eberhard Friedrich, a year before retirement, has been buried beneath a swift leak that Thomas Eitler-de Lint, head of the Leipzig Opera chorus, is to take over with immediate […]

Leonard and Felicia Bernstein’s daughter Jamie has made a remarkable assertion to Joseph Horowitz in his NPR More than Music show. Taling about the aftermath of Tom Wolfe’s inflammatory expose of the Bernstein’s party for […]

The order was published this morning: His Majesty The King has appointed Ms Errollyn Wallen CBE as Master of the King’s Music; the first appointment to this role of his reign. Wallen, 66, succeeds Dame […]

An extremely rare interview with the grande dame of British pianism, heroine of the Blitz. She also talks of making false crescendos to mask the noise of flying bombs. ‘When the bomb went away, I […]

Using the famous oil painting by E. G. Haussmann from 1748 as starting point, Iranian artist Hadi Karimi has created a high-resolution, photorealistic, 3D model of Bach’s face. During the post-production phase of the film, […]

The death has been announced of Russell Malone, a prodigious jazz guitarist who worked with many leading artists, latterly with Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall. The post Top guitarist dies, 60 appeared first on […]

From the AP: Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera was narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star soprano’s allegations of defamation, breach of contract and discrimination […]

Look again:   European Paintings—Rembrandt, Restoring a Masterpiece Here’s another of those ‘behind the scenes at the museum’ videos that I love so much. ​ This one has curator Adam Eaker  and conservator Dorothy Mahon as […]

… remember this? … is advertising for a peculiar new position: St Albans Cathedral exists to glorify God and, inspired by the witness of Alban, proclaim Christ’s message of love St Albans Cathedral is seeking […]

This is believed to be the final recital given by Pavel Kushnir, who died in prison for criticising Putin. The recital took place in the Kurgan Philharmonic Hall in 2021. The next soloist in the […]