A social media activist has circulated a video of Albrecht Mayer, solo oboist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, teaching a class at Ann Arbor Michigan with the use of touch, which is no longer considered acceptable […]
Zachary Woolfe, chief music critic of the New York Times, has written a detailed, damning review of Klaus Mäkelä’s Carnegie Hall concerts with the Concertgebouw orchestra. Mäkelä is 28. He is head of major orchestras […]
A PR informs us this morning that the Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson has passed ‘the remarkable landmark of one billion’ streams of his varied programmes. His video of the Goldberg Variations alone has reached over […]
From Tim Sawyier on Chicago Classical Review: … In addition to the awkward clapping that punctuated the Stravinsky concerto on Thursday, there were also jangling cellphones during transparent moments, a young man texting from the […]
The celebrated Heldentenor and German TV presenter turned 87 last week. He told an interviewer that he will not face the end of life as a nursing case. ‘I have a very good and nice […]
Friends have reported the sudden passing of Pavel (Pasha) Karmanov, an eclectic Moscow composer who also played in a rock group. The group’s name, Vezhlivy Otkaz, means polite refusal, signifying mild dissent. Pasha was 55. […]
The former Birmingham music director Mirga Gražinte-Tyla made an acclaimed debut with the Gewandhaus on Friday night, conducting works by Silvestrov, Kissine, Debussy and Ravel. The event had a sentimental dimension. Mirga spent her early […]
From GoFundMe: On November 17, 2024, our dear loved one, friend and colleague to so many, Cullan Bryant, suffered an ischemic stroke. The doctors have said he is stable at the moment, but he is […]
The Berlin State Opera communicated tonight that its former music director, Daniel Barenboim, will be unable to conduct this week’s subscription concerts ‘due to health reasons.’ Philippe Jordan will conduct an unaltered promramme. […]
Boston Symphony pulled one out of the fire last night when music director Andris Nelsons fell sick after conducting a Mozart overture. Orchestra CEO Chad Smith came on stage to call and intermission after the […]
