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The recording of the complete Bruckner symphonies, conducted by Maestro Rémy Ballot in the Basilica Church of St Florian has been shadowed by the sudden death of Thomas Wall, one of its chief instigators. Thomas […]

The following piece of propaganda has been posted by Lorenzo Viotti, departing music director of Dutch National Opera. The impulsive Swiss conductor, whose image can be seen at the top of the post, might be […]

The state has stepped in to resolve a conflict at the Kassel State Theatre between the intendant Florian Lutz and the Generalmusikdirektor Franceso Angelico. The Minister of Culture of the state of Hesse Timon Gremmels […]

The South Florida Symphony is ‘thrilled to announce the appointment of rising star, Maestro Stilian Kirov, as the Southwest Florida Symphony’s Interim Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor for the upcoming 64th Season.’ Just interim? And […]

Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion— Met Museum   I grew up in a fashion family so all the recent museum shows about clothes and their designers – Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Valentino, etc, on both sides of the Atlantic […]

After a lengthy audition process, the King’s Singers have chosen Piers Connor Kennedy as their next bass. He replaces Jonathan Howard, who departs after 14 years. Kennedy has held a composing residency at St Peter’s […]

The London Evening Standard is to stop printing five days a week and will aim to appear, possibly, just once a week. When I arrived at the Standard as Assistant Editor in 2002, we put […]

The Beverly Sills Artist Award 2024 has gone to Leah Hawkins, a graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Last season she sang the principal role of Louise/Betty in the Met premiere of […]

Conductor Ivan Fischer writes: It is with deep sadness that I share the grief of the family and the whole Hungarian music world: we have lost György Konrád, Pamacs, the wonderful violinist and friend. As […]

Arts Cancel England has just forced English Touring Opera to relocate to former steeltown Sheffield. Are they missing something here? Sheffield was chosen by ACE as the home for a National Centre for Popular Music. […]