The Corporation of the City of London has named a new chief executive for the Babrican Centre after a yearlong search. The incoming CEO is Abigail Pogson, presently head of the Glasshouse in Gateshead and […]
As predicted on slippedisc.com, Esa-Pekka Salonen was this morning named Principal Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris and Creativity and Innovation Chair at the Philharmonie hall where the orchestra is resident. Salonen, 67, will also […]
From Graham Spicer’s Gramilano: The Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago saw the opening of Manon Lescaut, the last opera of the 2025 open-air season, on Saturday 30 August. Giacomo Puccini wrote the opera at his home […]
The former Tory MP David Warburton, found dead in his Chelsea home, had early hopes of being a composer. He receoived a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, studying with Edwin Roxburgh, Jeremy Dale Roberts […]
The artists manager Marcin Kopec, formerly of the TACT agency, is setting up his own business in London this morning under the business name MKImpressari. Artists on the new MK list include Aigul Akhmetshina (pictured), […]
First the Met at movie houses destroyed the live New York audience. Now, Gelb admits, his big idea has eaten itself. From an interview with El Pais (Spain): ‘When I took the position in 2006, […]
The death has been reported of Raul Barboza, master of the accordion who weaned the French off their wheezy soundscape onto a Latinate cosmopolitanism. Raul was 87. He migrated to France almost half a lifetime […]
The classical and crossover singer David D’Or was attacked during a concert in Warsaw by a woman who threw red paint and shouted ‘Free Palestine.’ D’Or, 59, comes from a family of Jewish refugees from […]
Charlotte Lee’s Primo Arts has opened a European branch in London. It will be run by former HarrisonParrott artist manager Maja Rath (pic). The first artists to have worldwide management from London are conductors Gemma […]
Friends are reporting the sudden passing of Geert Berghs, an outstanding vocal coach who helped many soloists and choruses. Himself a member of Ton Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque Choir, he became research fellow at the University […]
