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Ginette DePriest has published a memoir of her late husband James DePreist.     The post The maestro who overcame polio (and color prejudice) appeared first on Slippedisc.

From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I am a retired public music teacher in a mid-sized town. My local orchestra programs quite a bit of the old stuffy repertoire, and I like to bring the […]

From Le Figaro: The Funeral Directors’ Federations has reached agreement with Sacem on a royalty on music broadcast during ceremonies. This represents an extra 700,000 and 800,000 euros per year for the rights agency. Each […]

Meet our new friends at Akimych toons.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Akimych (@akimych_toons) The post A cartoon reel of current conductors appeared first on Slippedisc.

Milko Šparemblek, balletmaster at Maurice Béjart’s Ballet du XXe Siècle in Brussels and later director of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in New York, has died in Zagreb at a great age. He was also director […]

The Zagreb pianist and professor Vladimir Krpan, a noted Beethoven specialist, has died at an advanced age. Krpan founded the piano school in Skopje and from 1971 to 2008 he was professor and head of […]

The conductor Daniel Lipton, founder of Opera Bogotá in Colombia and opera Ontario in Canada, has died in reitrement in Tampa, Florida. Born in Paris to refugee parents, Lipton was General Music Director in Dessau, […]

It is three years this month since Julian Wachner was fired as director of music at Trinity Church Wall Street, following a single allegation of sexual misconduct. Wachner was also dismissed from his teaching post […]

Best film score award last night went to Daniel Blumberg for his music for Brady Corbet’s film The Brutalist. Blumberg, 34, is a former frontman of the rock band, Yuck. He’s a Londoner who grew […]

Rudolf Nureyev and Miss Piggy This clip needs no introduction. Perhaps the most incongruous pairing ever captured on video, a love duet between Rudolf Nureyev and Miss Piggy singing Baby It’s Cold Outside. Nureyev doesn’t need to pantomime discomfort, he […]