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In our report on Wednesday’s performance of the Babi Yar Symphony at the Royal Festival Hall, we found cause to praise the ‘impressive performance of the London Philharmonic male chorus’. This drew a prompt request […]

The  British pianist Ashley Wass has informed the Yehudi Menuhin School that he intends to leave at the end of the present academic year. Wass, 47, has been commuting for the past two years between […]

There has long been a theory that the German master lives on in the form of Valery Gergiev, the post-Soviet conductor who provided cultural reassurance and stability for the criminal regime of Vladimir Putin as […]

​On The Catwalk You may wonder why I would include a catwalk show on my online arts newsletter. I’m sort of wondering myself. It’s just that, having been born to a fashion family – everyone […]

Sothebys are selling a trove of 1,500 love letters between the Vienna-born Oxford composer and musicologist Egon Wellesz (1885–1974) and the poet Elizabeth Mackenzie (1921–2021), Vice-Principal of Lady Margaret Hall. Wellesz lived in ‘a very […]

This weekend will mark 70 years since the death of Wilhelm Furtwängler, on November 30, 1954. While his political decisions remain contentious, his importance as a conductor has only increased. No musician in his time, […]

This Friday. Be there if you can. The politicians are busy cooking our goose. The post Berlin plans funeral march for art and culture appeared first on Slippedisc.

Just in time to wish happy 45th birthday to one of the finest violinists of our time. Hope to see her back soon, fully recovered from a trapped nerve. UPDATE: Hilary will guest star in […]

A generous gesture from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Farewell to Nikita! After 14 and a half years with the SCO, it is with sadness that we bid a fond farewell to Principal Double Bass Nikita […]

The orchestra of Spain’s poorest region has just lost its leader: Andrés Salado, Artistic and Principal Conductor of the Orquesta de Extremadura (OEX) in Spain, has terminated his position at the helm of the orchestra due to, in […]