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The chief executive of the Royal Opera House has written to major patrons, offering an assurance that the decision to cancel a co-pro with Israeli Opera was not in any way political, and that it […]

The Argentine virtuoso Patricio Cosentino is having a nightmare experience with the Spanish airline, which is co-owned with British Airways. Just when you think major airlines can’t get worse… they will always surprise you. Here’s […]

Message from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra: It was our great honour to dedicate Saturday’s Lamb & Vale Jan. Appointed as Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s first professional concertmaster in 1992, Jan van den Berg made an indelible mark […]

America’s oldest dance festival has just been called off after a staffer was killed last week while moving stage gear. The victim was named as production manager Kat Sirico. Among the events cancelled are performances […]

The fabled pianist, 84, has pulled out of the Lucerne Festival on August 28 and  the Enescu Festival in Romania three days later. She will be replaced in both events by the Korean, Seong-Jin Cho. Martha’s […]

A vivid snatch of a French composer imagining he’s a chaffinch.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Plus94 Records (@plus94_records) The post Watch composer Olivier Messiaen make his favoirute bird […]

Nicky Spence, my guest on the Lebrecht Interview last weekend, has launched a scheme to benefit students from deprived backgrounds similar to his own. Message from the Guildhall: We’re delighted to announce the Nicky Spence […]

Chicago’s former Opera Theater music director Lidiya Yankovskaya is fed up with the US and moving her family to London. She says: “I want to be sure that my children can grow up feeling like […]

On today’s Telegraph op-ed page I write about the harm inflicted by Covent Garden’s CEO Alex Beard on those seeking to end the war in Gaza. Among other things, I argue: …Beard’s sanction on Israeli […]

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