The Russian-based Greek conductor has been fading from sight since Putin invaded Ukraine. Although Salzburg and Baden-Baden maintain his residencies despite his dependence on Russian funds, Currentzis, 52, has struggled to maintain profile and his […]
The London end of AskonasHolt has signed the signature Austrian bass, Günther Groissböck. He was formerly with Nicola Kamphausen at Hilbert. Groissböck, 50 this month, warrants a higher global profile that he has obtained so […]
The windy old house in Lowestoft where Benjamin Britten was born and spent his childhood has been put up for sale at around £800,000. It has served for the past two decades as a seaview […]
Go on, then. Give us a better caption. Sunny, from Vienna, studies at the Universität Mozarteum. The post So shocked I fell off my piano appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Metropolitan Opera and Philadephia Orchestra conductor has been visiting his favourite Swiss gnomes with husband Pierre Tourville. Apparently, they now make his-and-his watches. (Not availablle in Swatch). Nezet was ‘welcomed into the Rolex family’ […]
The former Bath Festival Orchestra has renamed itself Chromatica and taken up residency at the Battersea Arts Centre in south London. The driving force is concertmaster Maren Bosma. She says Chromatica is ‘a tight knit […]
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Sara Davis Buechner has an entertaining new video on the classical piano credentials of young women entering beauty pageants such as Miss America. Enjoy. The post Concert pianist evaluates Miss America contestants appeared first on […]
Summer’s over and the transfer market is open. IMG Artists, very quiet for a while, has recruited agent Callan Coughlan from Sppanish boutique Promethean Artists. He brings, by way of dowry, the Nicaraguan-US soprano Gabriella […]
The renowned synagogue cantor Naftali Herstik died yesterday at the age of 77. The funeral took place today in Ra’anana, Israel. Born into a Hungarian dynasty of traditional prayer leaders, Herstik served for 30 years […]
