Ratings war: Radio 3 is a rare BBC hit
The second-quarter radio audience figures are out and it is mostly gloom for the BBC. Radio 2 has fallen behind commercial Heart FM with a 3.7% drop. Radio 1’s breakfast show is down 4% Radio […]
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Hall-building orch prez steps down
Message from Nashville, Tennessee: After 28 remarkable years of visionary leadership, President and CEO Alan D. Valentine will retire at the end of the 2025/26 season. Under Alan’s guidance, the Nashville Symphony has become one […]
Orchestra chair quits, leaving $15 million donation
What an impressive way to say goodbye. Minnesota Orchestra Board Chair Nancy E. Lindahl and her husband John have made public their $15 million commitment to the Orchestra. The news was shared yesterday at the […]
The Cathedral that can’t attract boys
From an update to The Bishop’s Review at the long-troubled Winchester Cathedral: Despite a considerable spend last year, resulting in increased coverage and readership, no recruitment of boy choristers resulted. Canon Andrew is, therefore, heading […]
Can she cut the mustard at Dijon?
The capital of Burgundy is hoping to end five years of turmoil and stop-gap managers with the appointment today of Antonella Zedda as director of its opera house. Zedda is a former production director at […]
Conductor ends 38 years with BBC
Tonight will be the last performance of Tadaaki Otaka as conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He was principal conductor from 1987 to 1995 and conductor laureate since then. Otaka, 77, remains Music […]
New principal horn in the north
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has appointed Amadea Dazeley-Gaist as its principal horn. She has been hired straight out of the student roll at the Royal College of Music. In a further recruitment, Cillian Ó […]
Look, Mum, my first LP
This selfie somehow struck me as seminal. It shows the pianist Andre Gugnin in the front window of Universal Music with an LP of his excellent Shostakovich preludes recording on the boutique label Hyperion. Gugnin […]
Pablo, Jakub and Chris take charge of JEG’s Monteverdi forces
The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras have rolled out their new season with strong replacements for sacked founder Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for […]
Dudamel’s father to perform at his LA gala
The outgoing music director has added his parent to the lineup of his farewell gala. From the press release: Acclaimed Venezuelan trombonist Oscar Dudamel – father of world-renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel – perform a bold […]
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