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Message from Jeremy Eichler: … After 18 years at the Boston Globe, I am moving on from my position and joining the faculty of Tufts University, where I’ll be taking up a newly created professorship […]

Members of the orchestra has taken to wearing blue ribbons at major events, such as this weekend’s Waldbühne concert. The blue ribbon (see below) signifies support for the return of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian […]

Scientists in Austria have reconstructed what Mozart might have looked like from the structure of his skull. He looks like a disaffected member of a short-life boy bank The post If this is Mozart, was […]

The family of Nigel Perrin has shared news of his death, aged 76. In addition to being a member of the King’s Singers, he was founder and director of the Bath Bach Choir and Bach […]

The international Yehudi Menuhin festival in Gstaad has consigned its future to the violinist Daniel Hope. The appointment of the new director will be announced tomorrow. Details here. Hope, 50, grew up Yehudi Menuhin’s knee […]

The Opus Klassik awards are out this morning. Unsurprisingly, the conductor of the year is the one with the most big jobs: Oslo, Paris, Amsterdam, Chicago. Instrumental winners are Isabelle Faust (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello) […]

The Primrose Competition, a kind of world cup for violists, has been won by Emad Zolfaghari, from Toronto. He is 19 and studying at Curtis. Second was Kinga Wojdalska, 25, from Poland. This year’s competition, […]

Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical Click here  Bonnie & Clyde The Musical is the story of two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere who became the biggest folk heroes in all America. They craved […]

The death has been reported of David Cripps, principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra in the glory years, 1974-1983. He played under Andre Previn and Claudio Abbado, was the first to plerform John Williams’s […]

The family of James Loughran, long serving conductor of the Halle Orchestra, have announced his death in a care facility at the age of 92. Loughran headed the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra from 1965 to 1971 […]