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From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I am a junior agent in a large, reputable firm. One of our biggest stars has been with us for a number years, and is now in his […]

Symphony magazine has published an excellent account of the impact of the disaster on hard-woriing musicians – some well-known, like the conductor Ludovic Morlot who lost his entire musical archive – others working at every […]

The death has been made known of Frederick William Noonan, Associate Director of Programming in Lincoln Center’s classical heyday in the 1980s and 1990s. After leaving Lincoln Center, he was musical director for the 92nd […]

  Buster Keaton, who died 70 years ago today, was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker best known for his silent films in the 20s where he pioneered a unique form of physical comedy. He […]

The fashion brand Max Mara has taken responsibility for dressing the women of La Scala’s orchestra this season. The look is stylish, but very dark. It’s a concert, guys, not a funeral.     The […]

In April 1983, the classical music establishment was shaken to its suspender socks when Time magazine – still a power in the land – conducted a survey of US orchestras and came up with the […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … Having finished writing this review, I find myself replaying one song or other each morning for sheer sensual pleasure. Not since the young Bryn Terfel have I […]

The orchestra claims its audiences and donations are increasing, but five losses in six years is not a good look. The latest deficit, $3.8 million, is blamed on the loss of federal aid after Covid. […]

There’s a new Peter Danish play opening off Broadway in mid-March about an imagined last meeting between Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna. We’ve had a sneak peek at […]

The city of Aachen woke up this morning to discovber that its general music director is leavin g. Christopher Ward, whose contract expires this year, has turned down a renewal and is on his way […]