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The violin world is in mourning for Charles Beare, a London dealer expert in Cremona instruments and a friend to talented performers. Charles, who died at the weekend, was 87. The stepson of William Beare, […]

Staff at the conservatoire in Nancy have revealved that the death on January 23 of their director Boris Vidal was an acxt pf suicide, brought about by professional circumstances. M Vidal hanged himself at his […]

Stefana Atlas at Arabella Arts has taken on general management for the stage director Chiara Muti, daughter of the Italian conductor. Chiara was previously on the books of the secretive Swiss firm, Ariosi. Chiara, who […]

Aida Garifullina has dropped out of next winter’s Boheme. Her replacement is the Armernian soprano Juliana Grigoryan, who’s come out in a new publicity shot. image: Bavarian State Opera The post Munich has new Musetta […]

A GoFundMe has been raised in memory of Haiden Davis, a Denver cviolinist and ensemble leader who took his own life last month after struggles with mental health and substance use. Haiden was a gifted […]

The home of Italian opera has renewed its music director’s contract, but only until the end of next year. Riccardo Chailly, 72, has been in charge since 2017 but has suffered bouts of ill-health. The […]

From my monthly essay in The Critic: Twice in the last century, Russia stood on the brink of world dominance. Specifically in music, but in other fields as well. Here’s roughly what happened…. Read on […]

The Salle Gaveau is putting on Liszt’s version of the choral symphony on May 14, accompanied by two pianists. We’re tempted. The pianists are Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie. The chorus of the Orchestre de […]

Kirill Serebrennikov’s new production of Mozart’s #Metoo hero at Berlin’s Komische Oper suggests that the Don makes a play for both sexes. It also follows him into hell with a section of Mozart’s unfinished Requiem. […]

The latest gimmickry at London’s South Bank Centre is arousing audience discontent. The symphonies affected were by Shostakovich and Mahler. Here’s a letter sent by one unhappy patron to those complicit and responsible. Let us […]