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Message from the board chair: Sent on behalf of Jonathan Morgan, Chair, COC Board of Directors… Good afternoon, As a valued member of the COC community, I am writing to provide regarding our leadership. Perryn […]

The former music director of English National Opera, Martyn Brabbins, has been named chief conductor of Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden. Brabbins, 64, resigned from ENO last year over cuts to the orchestra and chorus enforced […]

Holy Cow – Rijksmuseum Click here to watch Here’s a charming and quirky little video about a little-known aspect of the artworks in this great museum in Amsterdam – its cows. Friso Lammertse, Curator of […]

The orchestra management has now modified its stance on phone use to this: ‘We are very happy for you to take photographs and short video clips at our concerts. … We suggest that you take […]

The rising Finn, Tarmo Peltokowski, has been sharing pictures of himself as a kid in an interview with Deutsche Welle. His candour is unusual. Watch:   The post Tarmo: How I look so young appeared […]

San Francisco Opera livestreams Click here for tickets The San Francisco Opera is livestreaming one performance of each of its operas during its Summer Season starting with Innocence, an opera by Finnish composer  Kaija Saaariaho.   It takes […]

We’re sitting here enraptured by music of the Bulgarian-British composer Dobrinka Tabakova, championed by the Halle orchestra. Tabakova, 44, pursues her own pathways in tonal harmony, impervious to fashions and musical politics. Listen. The post […]

New Zealand Opera’s general director, Brad Cohen, has devised a way to send simultaneous texts to braille-reading machines for audience members who have trouble reading the surtitles above the stage. A small step, but life […]

Some curious expressions in a newly uploaded Bartok concertto featuring the winner of the German National award. The post Bartok gets the Levit treatment appeared first on Slippedisc.

Hilary Hahn is unwell: ‘I’m saddened to report that I’m not yet well enough to travel, so my recital in Chicago is postponed until further notice.’ She is due in Brazil at the end of […]