The London college is the latest to announce redundancies in a move which, it is said, ‘threaten(s) the future of Goldsmiths’ entire Music Department.’ A student petition announces: On the 1st of July, the Transformation […]
Sciolino Artist Management is being wound down as Marianne Sciolino heads for retirement. She founded the company in January 2005 after working on Wall Street for several years. She was married to Symphony magazine editor […]
Roman Yanchishin, solo violinist of the Bolshoi orchestra since 1980, has died in Moscow of an unnamed cause. He was designated Honoured Artist of Russia two years ago. The post Death of a Bolshoi concertmaster […]
The youth music charity Orchestras for All is moving to Sheffield under invisible orders from Arts Cancel England (ACE). It has been based for the bast decade at Cecil Sharp House in Camden Town, home […]
The Süddeutsche Zeitung headline proclaims: Viel Sex in Aix. The opera under review is Samson and Delilah. Must be due for a haircut. The headline will win prizes. The post Opera headline of the year: […]
The Stuttgart Philharmonic has let it be known that Dan Ettinger, its general music director since 2015, has left his job ‘for personal reasons’. No further comment is being made. Ettinger, 53, a former Barenboim […]
The Swedish conductor will celebrate his 97th birthday on Thursday with a performance of Bruckner’s ninth symphony. He will conduct the Bamberger Symphoniker in the first of three concerts, this one at St Florian’s Church, […]
Princess Elizabeth’s Bridesmaid’s Dress – Christie’s Click here to watch This is a sweet film about a dress, worn only twice, which embodies a time long past when the country needed a spectacle and a […]
Last night, Birmingham Opera Company gave Michael Tippett’s last opera, New Year, its first fresh airing since 1990 in the Dream Tent at Smithfield. First responses are enthusiastic. Reviews to follow. The post Tippett in […]
Christian Thielemann stepped down tonight as chief conductor of the Saxon State Orchestra Dresden with a performance of Gustav Mahler’s 8th Symphony at the Semper Opera. Thielemann, 65, is about to become General Music Director […]
