The vast amount of media hype that puffed up the ‘record-breaking‘ sale of a Stradivarius violin owned by the New England Conservatory of Music went up in hot air at Sotheby”s last night. The instrument, […]
The President has spoken on his social media: At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN. I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board […]
Silk Roads Rather than a single trade route between ‘East’ and ‘West’ the Silk Roads were an overlapping network that connected Asia, Africa and Europe. Today, with the enthusiastic help of curators Sue Brunning, Luk Yu-ping, Elisabeth […]
PR release: Chicago, IL, February 2025 – Endometriosis Awareness Month highlights the chronic condition affecting 11% of American women, but everyone who menstruates deals with the monthly pain. As science looks into the relationship between […]
Andrés Salado has been appointed principal and artistic director of the Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra, starting this month. Salado is presently in charge of Spain’s Extremadura Orchestra. The post Baton twirl: Costa Rica imports […]
Decca Records US has signed the harpist Ashley Jackson who mixes classical music with Black spirituals. Ashley’s debut album, Take Me To The Water, is out next month. Sample it here. The post Label news: […]
In May last year, Rice University in Texas fired horn professor William VerMeulen after allegations of sexual misconduct with female students, which he denied. VerMeulen was suspended for two months from playing in the Houston […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: There are days when only Elgar will do. When the skies are low and the politics grim, a wash of Elgarian orchestral colour relieves existential gloom like no […]
The young Turkish violinist Laçin Akyol, a music student in Switzerland, has been killed by a speeding car while visiting home in Mersin. The driver has been placed under house arrest. Laçin, whose parents are […]
David Krauss’s guest this week on Speaking Soundly is jazz singer and Macarthur Fellow Cécile McLorin Salvant, who comes out as a Puccini obssessive. She says: ‘I wonder what it would be like to be […]
