The death has been made known of the international dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, one of the most original dance talents to emerge from southern Africa. The national broadcaster SABC says she passed away ‘after […]
The soprano Loretta Di Franco Pinto, who sang 929 times at the Metropolitan Opera from 1961 to 1995, has died at the age of 82. She lit up the stage, generally in secondary roles, although […]
Winner of the 1965 Leventritt Competition at Carnegie Hall, with Leonard Bernstein on the jury, Han Tong-il was the first Korean to come top in any international piano contest. Son of a timpanist in the […]
The composer Toru Fuyuki, famed for the science-fiction TV series Ultraseven, has died at 89. Fuyuki was dubbed ‘Father of Ultra Music’ for his use of special effects. Under his real name, Shoko Maita, he […]
A pair of hit-spinners* on Classic FM are the standout names in the King’s bleak New Year’s List. Others honoured include the organist Michael Harris, Master of the Music at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, […]
The death has been reported of Ted Chance, principal horn of the Orchestra Of St John’s Smith Square and the English Sinfonia, and a regular member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. A busy freelancer, Ted […]
The US jazz bassist Barre Phillips, resident in France for more than half a century, died in Mexico at the weekend at the age of 90. Founder of the European Improvisation Centre, he was a […]
Colorado will never sound the same without Margaret Hoeppner in the cellos. She was just 19 when she joined what was then the Denver Symphony in 1961. Her future husband Fred was principal cello. He […]
The atmosphere in the Serb capital Belgrade just turned uglier. Early this month, a car drove into a group of Belgrade Philharmonic musicians who were protesting at Government indifference towards victims of a railway disaster. […]
Message from the Vienna-based Russian soprano: “I am regrettably obliged to withdraw from my January performances in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Wiener Staatsoper, which would have marked my role debut. Ill health this month […]
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