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The former CEO of the Royal Opera House and DG of the BBC today added a new post to his portfolio. He is to be chairman of the National History Museum, a sign that he […]

The death has been recorded in Richmond, California, of Douglass Fake, who produced some 700 albums of movie music on his label, Intrada. Among his exhumations were the uncut score of Leonard Bernstein’s On the […]

The former head of the Moscow Department of Culture, Alexander Kibovsky, has been arrested and charged with bribery and fraud. He faces up to ten years jail. As in all such cases in Russia at […]

National Theatre’s Live 100th Show  Click here to watch More than 11 million people have watched a National Theatre Live performance since April 23 2009. That was the first time audiences in cinemas throughout the world […]

In October 1974, Carlos Kleiber made his first commercial recording. It was Beethoven’s fifth symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic for Deutsche Grammophon and it was instantly (and lastingly) acclaimed as the most perfect interpretation of […]

The Sydney Symphony has recruited Simon Cobcroft as Associate Principal Cello. He has been playing until now in the Adelaide Symphony, after a spell in the dreaded Malaysian Philharmonic. The post Sydney’s new #2 cello […]

The Councertgebouw has announced a replacement for the French conductor who is struggling with disclosures of dick-pics that he sent to female musicians. At issue is an ambitious Schoenberg weekend in October: François-Xavier Roth, who […]

Germany’s federal minister for culture Claudia Roth has fired a shot across the Green Hill of Bayreuth, urging the Wagner regime to put on operas that are not by Wagner. She suggests Hansel and Gretel […]

The Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino, better known by his Youtube handle ‘Cateen’, has signed with ex-Cami chief Doug Sheldon at Sheldon Artists, NY. Sumino, 29, has 1.3 million Youtube subscribers. He has been playing Chopin […]

We hear that all airlines in Europe are routinely overbooked this month. Some worse than others. This cri de coeur has just landed from the celebrated violinist Gidon Kremer: I feel I must share the […]