The Italian conductor Fabio Luisi happens to be in Milan, conducting the first performances of Bellini’s Norma in almost half a century. In comes news that Tugan Sokhiev has pulled out of three performances of […]
Francis Brett has posted on social media: ‘I’m very sad to announce the death of my Father, Charles Brett on 24th June, peacefully at home. Having seen him earlier that morning I could tell he […]
The general manager of the Metropolitan Opera has spoken to a group of Ukrainian journalists about his attitude to the Russian invasion. Among other things, Gelb said: ‘I don’t want to have cultural ties with […]
A rare video has com to light from John Amis’s private archive. Grainger, in his 70s at the time, was not on top of his game, but fascinating nonetheless. He remains Australia’s most successful composer. […]
With the departure of founding artistic directors David Finckel and Wu Han, teir successors were announced today. It’s another twosome – cellist Dmitri Atapine and pianist Hyeyeon Park. The post New team at Music@Menlo appeared […]
The conductor, singer and teacher Andrew Withington died at the weekend with family at his bedside. Among early tributes, the New Zealand Choral Federation writes: ‘ It is with great sadness that we learned today […]
To no great surprise, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra has appointed the country’s most successful conductor, Jakub Hrůša, to be its next music director from September 2028. He will succeed Semyon Bychkov who is retiring after […]
Amit Peled has a tale to tell. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amit Peled (@amitpeledcellist) The post Israeli cellist is bumped by Air Canada agents appeared first on Slippedisc.
Copyright lawyer Corey Field, who is also a composer and has just registered a string quartet, has spotted that the latest US certificates have no signatory name after President Trump fired the former registrar Shira […]
The 2025 Ring Award for Direction, Stage, and Costume Design was awarded in Graz to an Italian team – Giorgio Pesenti, Giulia Bruschki, Riccardo Mainetti, Elena Patacchini and Matteo Castiglioni. The post Italians win […]
