November 24, 2024
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Labour pledges Arts Council clean-up

Labour pledges Arts Council clean-up

The Labour Party’s shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire has promised, in a tweet, to change the long-failing funding body for arts in England. Here’s what she says: Arts Council England has been given broad priorities […]

Violinist carries torch

Violinist carries torch

The French violinist Renaud Capucon carried the Olympic torch at Niort yesterday on its latest leg towards Paris. The post Violinist carries torch appeared first on Slippedisc.

Rhode Island picks German chief

Rhode Island picks German chief

The Rhode Island Philharmonic has named Ruth Reinhardt as its next music director. Originally from Saarbrücken, the daughter of two medical doctors, she studied with Alan Gilbert at Juilliard and won an assistantship at the […]

Mäkelä does the double

Mäkelä does the double

yesterday in Oslo, the music director played cello in the Brahms double concerto, opposite the Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovoich. They are about to tour together to Amsterdam, Paris, Vienna and Luwigsburg. photo: John-Halvdan Olsen-Halvorsen / […]

Russian wins Mitropoulous

Russian wins Mitropoulous

The revived 16th International Dimitris Mitropoulos Competition in Salonika ended with the jury, chaired by Thomas Sanderling, withholding first prize. Second went to a Russian, Sergey Akimov. Third was shared between Oliver Cope (UK) and […]

The music we love to hate

The music we love to hate

Anything that rouses us to love can also provoke the opposite condition. Music is no exception. There are works we detest almost as much as many others we adore. I am interested in why we […]

Porsche founds a British orchestra

Porsche founds a British orchestra

The German luxury car-maker has rexcruited 40 local musicians to start an orchestra at its UK base in Preston, Lancashire. The city lost its last orchestra more than half a symphony ago. A Porsch rep […]

Greeks get 1st woman concertmaster

Greeks get 1st woman concertmaster

The Athens State Orchestra (Kratiki Orchistra Athinon) has confirmed Katerina Chatzinkolau as its concertmster, the country’s only female orchestra leader. Greek born, Katerina was previously 3rd Concertmaster at Duisburg Philharmonic/Deutsche Oper am Rhein. The post […]