Pittsburgh picks principal bassoon
It’s Julia Harguindey, principal for the past 9 years at the Nashville Symphony. The post Pittsburgh picks principal bassoon appeared first on Slippedisc.
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LA Phil is already missing Dudamel
By Mark Swed, in the LA Times: Tuesday night the Los Angeles Philharmonic opened its 103rd season at the Hollywood Bowl. It was a beautiful evening. Lustrous twilight. Bright moon. Paradisal weather. Unusually light traffic. […]
Martha Argerich is hospitalised
Message from the Kapan festival in Yerevan, Armenia: “It was recently announced that the artist has been hospitalized due to exhaustion following an intensive international tour schedule. On medical advice, she has been instructed to […]
Ruth Leon recommends… When Pablo Became Picasso – Behind The Artist
Pablo Picasso Click here This is a documentary about the early life of the boy who became one of the most famous and influential painters in the world. This is the rise of Pablo Ruiz, […]
Navalny’s widow urges EU to cancel Gergiev concert
A video published by the widow of Alexei Navalny, murdered in a Putin prison, has issued a video calling on the EU to maintain its ban on the Putin conductor Valery Gergiev. It describes Gergiev […]
Vienna mourns principal cello
Message received: The Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra mourns the loss of its honorary member Prof. Walther Schulz, the one on the morning of 9.7. has passed away peacefully. Walther Schulz was one of the most […]
Yuja drops out
No performance at Wiesbaden tonight for the Rheingau Musik Festival. The post Yuja drops out appeared first on Slippedisc.
Bass-baritone to run opera festival
Waterperry Opera Festival, near Oxford, has appointed John Savournin as CEO and Artistic Director from September. Savournin is an active bass-baritone with leading UK opera companies. The post Bass-baritone to run opera festival appeared first […]
Elgar eminence, RIP
The chair of the Elgar Society has notified members of the death of Diana McVeagh, a noted authority on the music of Edward Elgar and a biographer of Gerald Finzi. Diana was 98. Her interests […]
No classical resignations at Kennedy Center. Why?
A reader points out: The quiet resignation of Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz, Jason Moran, leaves only classical artists on the Center’s artistic payroll: Gianandrea Noseda, Steven Reineke, Carlos Simon, Jennifer Koh, Francesca Zambello […]
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