Never Doubt I Love – Stratford Festival Click here to subscribe Never Doubt I Love is an innovative new series created for Stratfest@Home by Ontario’s Stratford Festival. Richard Ouzounian and Nicholas Shields push creative boundaries with this captivating four-part original series, inspired […]
The new concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra as of this week is Tjeerd Top, assistant principal violinist of the Royal Concertgebouworkest. He says: ‘After twenty years with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (KCO), I started this […]
From an interview with Ivan Hewitt in the Telegraph: ‘Beethoven … was so original, but he could only achieve what he did because of a great discovery of the West. It is the system of […]
The 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will take place in Fort Worth, Texas, in March. A long list of 77 pianists has been finalised. One third of them are Chinese. Four are accredited as […]
This is a scene from a new Richard Strauss production in Berlin. I will confine my criticism to the singer’s ironing technique: that is not how you do men’s collars, darling. I can just about […]
Scherzo reports that the Spanish-resident Venezuelan conductor will conduct a charity concert in Valencia on behalf of victims of the October DANA floods, which claimed more than 200 lives in the region. Dudamel has been […]
The irrepressible Antonio Moral, formerly of the Granada Festival, is now starting up mini-festivals in undeveloped parts of Spain. Starting with … Malaga. His opening event, at the ened of February, is backed by the […]
Music director Kazuki Yamada signed a short contract extension today with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chief executive Emma Stenning said: ‘I am thrilled that the brilliant Kazuki Yamada will remain Music Director of […]
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: ‘Year over year, we’re actually up about $750,000 in terms of overall revenue,’ said Melia Tourangeau, the symphony’s CEO, noting that attendance for the holiday concerts in December broke previous records. […]
The Society of Friends of Bayreuth has offered Katharina Wagner an extra million euros to reverse a significant cut in her 2026 anniversary year plans. They have specifically demanded the restoration of Tobias Kratzer’s Tannhäuser […]
