My violin stops me falling over
Latest publicity pics from French violinist Esther Abrami suggest she is using her 1700 Carlo Giuseppe Testore instrument as a prop to keep her upright. Surely not what she intended. Ms Abrami, 28, lives in […]
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Dear Alma, My violist lover says I’ve been coercive
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, Your post last week on sexual fantasies on orchestral tour prompts me to share a personal dilemma. For six or seven years, I’ve had an understanding with a […]
Exclusive: Welsh demand refunds as opera curtain jams
Welsh National Opwera had to abandon tonight’s performance when the stage safety curtain jammed. The company offered a concert alternative, but many disappointed operagoers queued hours for refunds. The post Exclusive: Welsh demand refunds as […]
Chicago snatches principal viola from Los Angeles
The Chicago Symphony has named Teng Li as its principal viola. She presently holds that seat in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which she joined in 2018. Li succeeds Charles Pikler who served as Chicago’s principal […]
Dresden has new organist, 27
Dresden’s Frauenkirche has completed a gruelling audition of 29 candidates for its vacant organ bench. The winner was also one of the youngest. Nilkas Jahn comes from Fulda in Hesse. He studied church music, organ […]
Welsh tenor wins London gold
Dafydd Jones won the ROSL 2024 Gold Medal, with a £15,000 prize, at the Wigmore Hall last night. The Gold Medal final was held at London’s Wigmore Hall where four soloists competed in the impressive […]
The Netrebkos are back at La Scala
Anna Netrebko and husband Yusif Eyvazov star in next week’s new production of Puccini’s Turandot at La Scala, directed by Davide Livermore. No doubt North Korea will be celebrating the cultural cooperation. The post The […]
Sondra quits Covent Garden Japan tour
Message received: It is with great regret that Sondra Radvanovsky has had to withdraw from the title role of Turandot on The Royal Opera’s Japan tour due to a severe ear infection and sinusitis. She […]
What’s expected from a composer in residence
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2024 has engaged Lithuanian performance-based artist Lina Lapelytė as Composer in Residence. Her duties? Born in Kaunas, Lapelytė is known for a performance-based practice rooted in music, flirting with pop culture, […]
Winchester: It’s Murder in the Cathedral
Recent events are uncannily reminiscent of the T. S Eliot play, drawn from a memoir by a terrified Canterbury clerk. Here’s the 2024 update: Act 1 Director of Music Andrew Lumsden is dragged from the […]
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