The Russian pianist Pavel Kushner died today in a Birobidzhan detention center while awaiting trial for allegedly ‘inciting terrorism’. His offence was to read anti-Putin poems on a Youtube channel with five subscribers. Kushner went […]
The Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses, a member of the former Beaux Arts Trio, died today of brain cancer. He announced the diagnosis less than a month ago. Winner of the cello section of the 1982 […]
Hope – Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jason Robert Brown Click here to watch It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the the Tony Award winning Broadway leading man, Brian Stokes Mitchel, so I’m always […]
The Chinese-American pianist is playing a four-hand recital with the Icelandic star Víkingur Ólafsson one night in November. Seats in the main stalls area of the Royal Festival Hall are priced at £160. That’s steep. […]
The Minnesota Orchestra has uploaded Gabriela Montero’s decidedly political concerto on those who ‘hold our continent hostage to tyranny’. The post A concerto against the Maduro regime appeared first on Slippedisc.
Ahead of the arrival of Cristian Macelaru as music director, musicians in the Cincinnati Symphony have agreed a new wage deal. The basic salary will rise almost a quarter over the next five years, the […]
And the poster photograph is light-years out of date. Otherwise, if you’ve nothing better to do on a Monday night in Palm Beach…. th The post Tickets for Anna Netrebko start at $1,250 appeared first […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Did Bartók play klezmer? The Hungarian composer enthused over many authentic forms of folk music and spent his summers tracking them down across the Balkans, the Iberian peninsula […]
Hamburg Ballet has announced its new Artistic Director. Demis Volpi, 39, is German-Argentine, born in Buenos Aires. He has been Chief Choreographer and Artistic Director of the Ballett am Rhein and has some 30 works […]
William Fox is leaving to become Director of Music at St Albans Cathedral in September as part of a merry-go-round of Anglican high-benchers. William’s successor was announced today. He is James Orford, Organist and Assistant […]
