Tributes to a tragic cellist
Tributes have been pouring in for the much loved Latvian cellist Marta Sudraba, who died this weekend, aged 50. From Kristina Blaumane: Dear Marta, I can’t believe, I can not accept that you are gone… […]
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Gidon Kremer mourns leading cellist, 50
The Latvian musician Marta Sudraba, leader of the Kremerata Baltica cellos, died this weekend of an incurable disease, at the age of 50. Gidon Kremer has sent us this personal appreciation: Dearest…. Marta! You will […]
Orchestra to be conducted by a seven year-old girl
Message from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is set to dazzle audiences with a spectacular performance of Barbie: The Movie in Concert on Wednesday, July 16 at 7:00pm, promising an […]
‘A Met musician earns less now than in 2011’
Representative of the orchestra musicians at the Meropolitan Opera are locked in negotiations with general manager Peter Gelb (pic) about a new contract. The present deal expires on August 31. Two of the musicians, Stephanie […]
Milwaukee Ballet can afford an orchestra
We reported that the company has dispensed with its orchestra for some shows next season on cost grounds. Here are its financial summaries, prepared by Liza Yntema of Dance Data Project. FY 2023 expenses: $7,396,804 […]
New job for Deborah Rutter
The sacked president of Washington’s Kennedy Center has been appointed vice provost for the arts at Duke University, a private college in North Carolina. Rutter, 68, has spent her career up to Kennedy managing major […]
Dame Kiri crowns new Countess
The Countess in Marriage of Figaro was one of Kiri te Kanawa’s signature roles. Among many other loications, she sang it at Glyndebourne in 1973. This weekend at Glyndebourne, Kiri was seen in the company […]
A lighter touch in Shostakovich
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … He composed 24 Preludes and Fugues – in Bach’s footsteps – and gave them to Nikolaeva to perform in Leningrad in December 1952. Soviet critics complained of […]
Dear Alma, My stand partner is seeing my ex
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I am having a house-warming party and invited a lot of colleagues from orchestra. I just found out that my standpartner is coming with my ex. Can I dis-invite […]
Winchester Cathedral parts from precentor
An announcement was made this morning that Canon Andy Trenier (pictured) had completed his six-year tenure and was departing the cathedral. Trenier was at the heart of the tumultuous events of the past year which […]
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