October 19, 2024
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Lisette Oropesa: I’m a 50-50 singer

Lisette Oropesa: I’m a 50-50 singer

Met principal trumpet David Krauss returns today to slippedisc.com with his Speaking Soundly series, opening with the American soprano Lisette Oropesa. She discusses, among other things, how she transitioned from playing flute to singing opera, […]

Scotland hires anti-Israel pianist

Scotland hires anti-Israel pianist

The activist Australian pianist Jayson Gillham, who provoked a crisis at the Melbourne Symphony with an anti-Israel diatribe, has been invited to join the staff of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as Lecturer in Keyboard. […]

Biz news: Cliburn starts agency

Biz news: Cliburn starts agency

The Van Cliburn Competition started a boutique management firm, to be known as the Cliburn Agency. Its initial roster consists of relative unknowns: pianists Greg Anderson, Peter Dugan, Fei-Fei (pictured) and Clayton Stephenson, Anderson & […]

Boston’s new baton quits two agencies

Boston’s new baton quits two agencies

The German-Colombian conductor Anna Handler who starts this month as Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra has just fired her agents at Opus3 and KD Schmid. Handler, 28, has moved instead to Tanja Dorn’s […]

Arts masterclasses to show on BBC News channel

Arts masterclasses to show on BBC News channel

Here’s the puff: Today, BBC Studios, in partnership with luxury watchmaker Rolex, has unveiled ‘Arts in Motion,’ an ambitious editorial program aimed at enriching cultural engagement through masterclasses featuring renowned artists. The series comprises six […]

Mozarteum manager dies

Mozarteum manager dies

The death has been communicated of Thomas Wolfram, 75, manager of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg from 1987-1992 and 2014-2020. While in charge at the Mozarteum, Wolfram founded the Vienna agency Primusic, which looked after several […]

Biz news: IMG grabs trophy mezzo from HP

Biz news: IMG grabs trophy mezzo from HP

The faltering mega-agency has upped its morale with the capture of US mezzo J’nai Bridges from HarrisonParrott. Bridges, unconventionally, suggest her last agency was not pulling its weight: ‘Joining IMG is a remarkable moment which […]

Chicago names new maestro

Chicago names new maestro

After coming to the end of 25 years with Carlos Kalmar, Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival has named a successor for the next three summers. He is Giancarlo Guerrero, who has just stepped down at […]