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IMG Artists has snapped up Bar Avni, winner of the 2024 La Maestra competition in Paris. Avni, 34, will be looked after by Isabelle Cottet, with Kathryn Enticott consulting. The post Biz news: Israeli baton […]

Press release: The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra the Orchestra will perform alongside world-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and DJ Craig Charles for a unique collaboration at the official naming ceremony of Cunard’s Queen Anne. Bocelli […]

The Brazilian Alex Klein, dismissed yesterday as principal oboe by the Calgary Philharmonic, has issued a Yotube video describing his struggles with the onset of dystonia. ‘I lost just about everything a person can lose,’ […]

The Church of England’s National Director of Human Resources is called Emma Trenier. Ms Trenier lives in Winchester and is married to the Canon Precentor and Sacrist of Winchester Cathedral, Andy Trenier. As head of […]

The Swiss Grand Prix for music has been awarded to the Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta. The cash prize is worth 100,000 Swiss francs. That’s US $109,372.00. Gabetta, 43, lives in Switzerland in Switzerland and teaches […]

From our roving critic Susan Hall: The Park Avenue Armory and the Asia Society premiered We Shall Gather at the River, a new musical drama created by Peter Sellars using Bach Cantatas and Black spirituals. […]

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal has chosen Mélanie La Couture as its next chief executive officer. She succeeds Madeleine Careau, who retires next month after nearly 25 years at the helm. La Couture has history […]

The restless David Chan, concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for the past 24 years, was named last night principal conductor of the Apollo Orchestra of Washington DC. Earlier this month Chan was appointed director […]

We understand that the violinist Nicola Benedetti, director of the Edinburgh Festival, gave birth on Monday to her first child. Mother and baby are doing well, friends say. Benedetti, 35, is in a relationship with […]

The outspoken pianist and composer Gabriela Montero, an unflinching opponent of the Venezuela militarist regime, has received the 2024 Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent from the Human Rights Foundation. Montero, 54, has exposed the […]