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From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I am a member of a small vocal group. One of our administrative staff has just left for another job, and I am a member of the selection […]

The next director of the Polish National Opera in Warsaw is to be the stage designer Boris Kudlička, a regular participant in its productions for 30 years. Kudlička, 53, worked with outgoing director Mariusz Treliński […]

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The conductorIon Marin, Honorary Consul of Romania in Switzerland, has awarded the Faithful Service Order in the rank of Grand Officer to the pianist Martha Argerich on behalf of the Romanian Presidency. Madame Argerich emphasized […]

The latest David Krauss interview on Speaking Soundly: Grammy Award winner Kayhan Kalhor is a virtuoso of the kamancheh, the Persian predecessor to the violin. He sits down with David to talk about the origins […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Month   It may be a bit early in springtime to be nominating an Album of the Year, but I’ll be very surprised if any release in the next […]

Chicago readers report that George Freeman has left us. He may have been the last surviving person to have performed and recorded with Charlie Parker. George played with most other greats and recorded many albums, […]

In the darkened backroom of the BBC’s northern orchestra, brows are furrowed over the identity of a new supporter. The orchestra has been paying an agency to boost social media engagement. Its Facebook followers have […]

Our critic has seen Ashton in Florida, Balanchine in London: by Alasrair Macaulay Some fluke of birth and talent arranged it so that the composers Handel and Bach were born in the same year, 1685, […]

His Majesty was guest of the London Vegetable Orchestra. Watch here. Or here. Maybe he’ll ivnited Donald Trump to play the turnip. The post Watch: King Charles plays musical carrot appeared first on Slippedisc.