The following letter and signatures appeared today in the Times newspaper: Savage attack on music in Wales Sir, Cardiff University’s proposal to cut music after almost 150 years (report, Feb 10) threatens another devastating blow […]
In a prime case of maestro pulling power Gustavo Dudamel has secured for the New York Philharmonic the world premiere of an unplayed score by Maurice Ravel. ‘Prélude et danse’ from Ravel’s early work Sémiramis […]
The Berlin culture senator Joe Chialo has outraged the arts industries by imposing budget cuts in excess of ten percent. Some are now questioning his shelf-life after Chancellor Scholz described him, in a private exchange, […]
Southwark Cathedral has named Helen Smee as its next Director of Music. She is presently director of Frideswide Voices, the girls’ choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Before that, she was at Worcester College. She […]
Supreme Classics will be rolled out next week at a posh Vienna venue, the Grand Hotel Wien. The launch album is titled Italiana! Not sure yet who’s funding it. They say: The music world is […]
Overnight message: LOS ANGELES (February 13, 2025) – The LA Phil announced today engagement extensions for two longtime collaborators: Herbie Hancock will continue his role as Creative Chair for Jazz through May 2027 and Thomas […]
This was in 2008, apparently. Why has the music industry tolerated this monster? View this post on Instagram A post shared by @thepersianjewess The post Amy Winehouse was first to call out racist […]
‘Someone must have slandered Josef K, for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.’ This is the famous opening line of Franz Kafka’s novel Der Prozess (The Trial). Gottfried von Einem’s opera […]
Romeo & Juliet Click here to subscribe It’s Valentine’s Day so how could we not have Romeo and Juliet this week? Major new classical ballets are rare and usually take years between commission and performance. […]
Remember the London Chamber Orchestra, which went bust a year back? Many players are unlikely ever to be paid, says the Musicians Union: Dear Member, I am writing to update you on our efforts to […]
