Vienna’s new Tannhäuser is in Albert Speer style
From an interview with the German-based US director Lydia Steier: The hall (in the Wartburg) is based on the architecture of Albert Speer. We set the second act in 1938, as a quote from the […]
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Bruce Springsteen releases record with anti-Trump rant
The veteran rocker and American chronicler has issued a six-track EP with the speech he made in Manchester, accusing Presidnet Trump of running a ‘corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration’. Trump responded ‘he ought to keep […]
US orchestra plays in South Africa as Trump attacks its president
Joseph Horowitz reports: At the precise moment that US President Donald Trump was accusing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa of denying acts of racial persecution, the University of Michigan Orchestra began a five-concert tour of […]
Musicians accuse Jaap van Zweden of ‘a pattern of fear’
The Dutch website pointer has published anonymous complaints of verbal abuse by the Dutch international conductor Jaap van Zweden. The full report will go online later today. Van Zweden is former music director of the […]
Baton handover at Aldeburgh and Cardiffs
Britten Peard Arts has appointed a career-long artists’ agent to succeed Sir Simon Robey as board chair. Angela Mallinson, 64, has been on the BPA board for five years. She was a founder of the […]
Ruth Leon recommends.. All of Us
National Theatre Click here for tickets From the Natonal Theatre comes a new online release, All of Us, a play by Francesca Martinez, who is an award-winning author, comedian and actor. In All of Us, […]
Sax king dies, 72
The death has been made known of the American tenor saxophone and clarinet virtuoso John Ruocco, director of the Dutch Jazz Orchestra and of The Hague Conservatory big band. He was 72. Born in September […]
Ousted Kennedy chief hits back at Trump
Deborah Rutter, the Kennedy Center CEO who was sacked by the Trump regime, has issued a detailed statement in response to allegations by her amateur successor of financial mismanagement under her regime. Rutter retorts that […]
Aussie wins London principal post
Sydneysider Jason Henery is to be principal double bass of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, appearing in Strauss’s Alpine Symphony at last night’s concert. Jason’s father, Alex Henery, is co-principal double bass of the Sydney Symphony […]
Eminent oboist, 77
The death has been made known of the international oboist Harry Wayne Sargous. Originally from Cleveland Heights, Harry was principal oboe of the Toronto Symphony under music directors Karel Ancerl and Andrew Davis from 1971 […]
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