The German-Russian pianist has organised a counter-antisemitism concert at the Elbphilharmonie: Hamburg, 10 July 2024: On the initiative of Igor Levit, the Elbphilharmonie is making an appeal to humanity with a solidarity concert. On 16 […]
A French court has sentenced the cornet player and early-music leader Jean Tubéry to six months in prison, suspended, and three years’ ineligibility for public office. He was found guilty of ‘repeatedly imposed comments with […]
Message just in from the EUYO – The European Union Youth Orchestra: We proudly announce our new music director Iván Fischer. This August, Maestro Fischer will open our #2024summertour at Grafenegg, followed by touring to […]
For the third time, the Times has published a glorious encomium to the Boston Symphony boss, Chad Smith: Sneaking through the shrubbery, however, was the light breeze of change. Chad Smith, the Boston Symphony’s ambitious […]
Kim Noltemy started work yesterday as president and CEO of the troubled Los Angeles Philharmonic. She is the fourth to take the helm since Deborah Borda left in 2017 and the working atmosphere has darkened […]
Twenty years after his lovely death, apparently by his own hand, Carlos Kleiber stands out in memory as the most accomplaished conductor the world has ever seen. Every Carlos performance – and there were not […]
At 20:00 on France Musique, Louis Langrée will conducts Les Siècles and the choir of Radio France from Montpellier in a score by Maurice Ravel, acquired last year by the Bibliothèque nationale. Chanson galante, based on […]
The London college is the latest to announce redundancies in a move which, it is said, ‘threaten(s) the future of Goldsmiths’ entire Music Department.’ A student petition announces: On the 1st of July, the Transformation […]
Sciolino Artist Management is being wound down as Marianne Sciolino heads for retirement. She founded the company in January 2005 after working on Wall Street for several years. She was married to Symphony magazine editor […]
Roman Yanchishin, solo violinist of the Bolshoi orchestra since 1980, has died in Moscow of an unnamed cause. He was designated Honoured Artist of Russia two years ago. The post Death of a Bolshoi concertmaster […]
