The death has been announced of Jarmo Sermilä, former director of the Finnish Music Information Centre and YLE’s experimental studio. He was also curator of the Sibelius childhood home museum. The post Finnish composer, 85 […]
The Israeli double bassist Avishai Cohen, dropped earlier this week by a Warsaw festival for performing in Moscow, has now been cancelled on July 13-14 at the Walden Festival in Brussels. The post Brussels dumps […]
Programmes for tomorrow’s concert in Birmingham contain this paragraph from CEO Emma Stenning: As we’ve worked hard to connect with new audiences, I’m delighted to share an 8% growth in attendance, and the brilliant news […]
The Athens Camerata has been disbanded over an accumulation of debts. Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told parliament that its musicians could apply for employment in other state-funded ensembles. The orchestra, founded in 1991, originally had […]
Social media are swelling this mourning with tears for Kathryn (Kate) Price, who died after a short illness in Bristol Royal Infirmary. Alongside a recital career, she was a cherished teacher and mentor to performers […]
Dear Alma, I have been teaching at the same university for many years. We have had teachers come and go. Ten years ago a new teacher joined our department who I had known previously and […]
Created to promote cultural understanding across continents, Opera for Peace works to develop the next generation of opera professionals to become ambassadors of important values, acting as a positive influence on society and future generations. […]
The unsettlingly slow avantgardist Alexander Knaifel died today suddenly at the age of 80. He made his living writing for Soviet movies and his reputation with two Eng-lit operas, operas The Ghost of Canterville and […]
The veteran Alain Lanceron has signed Nathalie Stutzmann to Warner Classics & Erato. Her debut recording will be Dvorak with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, out in August. The post Label news: Stutzmann gets record deal […]