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Hilary Hahn is unwell: ‘I’m saddened to report that I’m not yet well enough to travel, so my recital in Chicago is postponed until further notice.’ She is due in Brazil at the end of […]

Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder promised today in Cabinet that ‘the goal (of a new hall) will be successful by 2036.’ Cost projections, he said, have been halved – from one billion Euros to just […]

The suspended Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, Anne Dyer, is facing a Clergy Disciplinary Tribunal in Edinburgh for behaviour unbecoming of a cleric and likely to bring the church into disrepute. Among the allegations to […]

Board member Roger Sant has pledged $10 million to the National Symphony Orchestra, its largest-ever individual gift. It brings Sant’s total lifetime giving to more than $35 million. Part of this funds the naming of […]

Last month Covent Garden changed its brand to Royal Ballet and Opera. Today it announced Rolex as ‘principal partner’, whatever that might mean. Rolex makes watches exclusively for the super-rich. If that’s the image Covent […]

Message from Mischa: As some of you might have heard, I recently suffered a severe infection of the spinal cord, leaving me almost paralysed. A week ago I underwent successful surgery, and now must go […]

We hear that a new rector at Notre Dame de Paris has dismissed two organists and replaced them with an underqualified young man. A petition to rectify the situation is being signed by many of […]

The Japanese violinist Yuki Serino won the 40,000-Euro top prize at the new Città di Cremona Competition. Second was Shaoheng Zhong from China. In third place was Nurie Chung from South Korea. The Lithuanian Chamber […]

The violinist and violist Maya Meron, whose career was disrupted by the collapse of an exercise machine at the Hampstead Heartcore studio, has won a £250,000 immediate court award, with further damages still to be […]

The NY Times reports the death of Jean-Philippe Allard, founder of the jazz division at PolyGram France (now Universal). Allard revived the careers of two generations of sidelined jazz artists, having first failed at a […]