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  Bernard Kops was one of the great post-war Jewish playwrights, poets and novelists, and he died a year ago this week at the age of 97. His first play,The Hamlet of Stepney Green, was produced […]

It takes more than Mozart balls for a foreigner to conduct the Czech Philharmonic in Slavonic Dances. Hats off to Simon Rattle who brings off every micro-shift in these indigenous dances with aplomb. Enjoy.   […]

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The Kennedy Center, under Donald Trump’s leadership, has canceled its tour of Finn, a children’s musical about a young shark. The Center says it’s for financial reasons. The creative team think otherwise: Dimond & Kooman […]

The following letter and signatures appeared today in the Times newspaper: Savage attack on music in Wales Sir, Cardiff University’s proposal to cut music after almost 150 years (report, Feb 10) threatens another devastating blow […]

In a prime case of maestro pulling power Gustavo Dudamel has secured for the New York Philharmonic the world premiere of an unplayed score by Maurice Ravel. ‘Prélude et danse’ from Ravel’s early work Sémiramis […]

The Berlin culture senator Joe Chialo has outraged the arts industries by imposing budget cuts in excess of ten percent. Some are now questioning his shelf-life after Chancellor Scholz described him, in a private exchange, […]

Southwark Cathedral has named Helen Smee as its next Director of Music. She is presently director of Frideswide Voices, the girls’ choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Before that, she was at Worcester College. She […]

Supreme Classics will be rolled out next week at a posh Vienna venue, the Grand Hotel Wien. The launch album is titled Italiana! Not sure yet who’s funding it. They say: The music world is […]

Overnight message: LOS ANGELES (February 13, 2025) – The LA Phil announced today engagement extensions for two longtime collaborators: Herbie Hancock will continue his role as Creative Chair for Jazz through May 2027 and Thomas […]