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The death has been made known of Frans de Ruiter, founder of the Utrecht Early Music Festival and director of the Holland Festival (1977-1985). A harpsichordist by training, he went on to lead the Royal […]

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen Nathan Knight as Associate Principal Double Bass. He has been depping in the role throughout the season. He says: ‘As a teenager, I was fortunate enough to be […]

This week’s Apple Classical global streaming hits: 1 Sommernachtskonzert 2025 Wiener Philharmoniker, Tugan Sokhiev 2 Locatelli, 6 Introduttioni Teatrali Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante 3 Satie: Discoveries Alexandre Tharaud 4 Sleep Max Richter 5 The Summer […]

The funeral took place yesterday in Netanya, Israel, of Daniel Hoffman, an outstanding researcher and performer of klezmer music. He was diagnosed two years ago with a glioblastoma and received treatment in Germany. Daniel leaves […]

The Italian news agency Ansa has just reported that the Royal Palace of Caserta has cancelled the symphony concert conducted by Valery Gergiev that was scheduled for July 27th. It appears the site’s directorate was […]

“CBS News Sunday Morning” has allocated its feelgood slot to the US-born Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt, still working at 98. ‘It’s like intense sex,’ he says, ‘an extremely close relation’. Watch.     The post […]

The esteeemed pianist is playing a new piece tomorrow in Barcelona by a Juilliard-trained Catalan composer, Marc Migó. Migó is a John Corigliano student whose work has been performed in Amsterdam and Berlin. He was […]

Aside from the sideshow of the Palestine flag-waver, a leading baritone in the Trovatore cast has lashed out on his Facebook page against the artistic management of the company, particularly at conductor Carlo Rizzi and […]

A conversation I filmed with the conductor in Zurich, a dozen years ago. A lovely man, lacking in pomposity and self-regard. Enjoy. The post Roger Norrington: I kiss the musicians, then I kick off my […]

The cast member who brandished a Palestine flag at last night’s curtain call for Il trovatore is reported to be Daniel Perry, a self-styled ‘queer dance artist, choreographer/movement director, and DJ’. He is seen on […]