From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I work in the ticket office for a concert hall. I have a degree from a music school, and spent several years bouncing from job to job, gigging, and […]
The Times higher education supplement reports that Australia’s National University has gutted the core of National School of Music to ‘programme’ rather than academic pursuit. ANU’s performance, composition and theory teaching will give way to […]
A Vice-President of the European Parliament, Pina Picierno, has issued a protest over a planned concert by the Putin-ally conductor at a forthcoming festival in Campana. It turns out that the concert, first reported on […]
After a aseason of auditions, the Israel Philharmonic orchestra has chosen Nitzan Bartana as its next concertmaster, the first woman to occupy that post. Bartana is presently second Konzertmeisterin at Basel Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland. […]
Philadcdelphia’s fire department declared an all-hands emergency in the early hours of Saturday morning after fire broke out in a building near Rittenhouse Square. The Art Alliance building was occupied by the former University of […]
Free Livestreams Click here to register Deep in the beautiful Berkshires, there’s a world class dance festival, Jacob’s Pillow, devoted to the performance of every kind of dance. This summer, Jacob’s Pillow Live presents free […]
We’re delighted to present an extract from Indyana Schneider’s new novel, Since The World Is Ending, published later this month by Simon & Schuster. Indyana Schneider (pic) is an opera singer and novelist from Australia. She […]
I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Knew-a-Man-Who-Knew-Brahms/Nancy-Shear/9798888456620 I don’t review books on Ruth Leon‘s Theatrewise but I want to bring this one to your attention because I’ve just read it myself and became absorbed into the life […]
In his autobiography (with Jane Scovell), Brian Large relates how he hired Kleiber’s son Marko as his assistance for a television production of Tristan und Isolde from Munich. Kleiber sent a message that he’d like […]
In May 2021, pianist Kirill Gerstein spent part of his Gilmore prize money on a commission to Chick Corea (pictured) to compose a piece for him to play with the jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton. Their […]