Sad death of UK singing advocate, 61
The death has taken place in a London hospital of the much-loved singer and teacher Michael Harper. After a stage career in Europe and Asia, Michael Harper became Professor of Singing at the Royal Northern […]
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La Fenice has new boss
The next sovrintendente of opera in Venice will be the conductor and composer Nicola Colabianchi, presently director in Cagliari. Colabianchi, 67, is favoured by the political right. He succeeds Fortunato Ortombina, who has gone to […]
Trailblazing conductor steps down
The UK-raised conductor Sarah Ioannides has decided to leave Symphony Tacoma, in Washington state, after 12 years in charge. She will depart next year. Ioannides, 52, was previously music director of the El Paso Symphony […]
Belgrade’s musicians are under siege
The Belgrade Philharmonic are on strike for the first time in its 102-year history. The musicians say they are the lowest paid in the Balkans. The Government last week dismissed their board chairman and has […]
Asmik cancels rest of the month
The Lithianian soprano Asmik Grigorian has scratched three Flying Dutchmans in Munich in the last week of March. Previously she had cancelled a date with the Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, along with two more […]
Just in: Yuja cancels Dude and NY Phil
Message from Lincoln Center – no other soloist would do? We are writing to inform you of a change to your upcoming NY Phil performance: pianist Yuja Wang has withdrawn due to health issues. Ravel’s […]
German director, RIP
The independent minded theatre director Wolfgang Engel has died at 81. He made his name internationally with a Dresden production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, refusing the East German state prize as a mark […]
Paris ensemble gets German boss
The Ensemble Intercontemporain is to be run by a German broadcasting executive called Patrick Hahn (not to be confused with the young Austrian conductor of the same name). Hahn has programmed a “Musik der Zeit” […]
Top trumpet is beaten up by unhappy student, 14
Italian state radio reports that the renowned trumpet player Sergio Orlandi, 60, has been attacked and beaten as he approached his car by a 14 year-old student he had excluded from his class. The incident […]
Sydney mourns defining concertmaster
The Australian violinist Donald Hazelwood died this weekend, a few days after turning 95. He joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as a second violinist in 1952, rising to co-concertmaster in 1965 and leading the orchestra […]
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