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The California violin and mandolin maker Gary Vessel has been hospitalised after a severe stroke and is in need of assistance. He has no health insurance. There’s a fundraiser here. The post Appeal for top […]

The award winning pianist and Moscow Conservatoire professor Yuri Slepanov died today in Moscow. He was a finalist at Leeds (1969) and the Tchaikovsky (1970) before winning a UUSR-only competition in Talinn. The post Russian […]

Carnegie Hall Click here to subscribe On May 5th, 1891, one of the world’s great concert halls opened to the public for the first time. Two days later, on May 7th, 1891, one of the […]

Newly uploaded: Boris Pigovat began writing his sonata for bassoon and piano in September 2023. The horrific attack of October 7 interrupted the creative process. The second movement was written months later, referencing the prayer […]

A cracking encore from Frankfurt.   The post Chick this out appeared first on Slippedisc.

Message received: Last weekend brought a special encounter: Víkingur Ólafsson, our Artist-in-Residence this season, met Lahav Shani, who takes on that role in the upcoming season. Together with the Wiener Symphoniker under the baton of […]

A favourite of many Popes, newly online. The post Wake up to Hildegard appeared first on Slippedisc.

“I came to see the roots of my own people’s culture, especially in our music which is still the richest and most healthy in America.” Athlete. Actor. Activist. Ambassador for freedom. Paul Robeson’s voice sang […]

Fascinating programme from John Storgårds with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra: BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra 0:29 HENRIETTE RENIÉ Concerto for Harp and Orchestra 9:36 KEITH JARRETT Elegy for Violin and String Orchestra 40:52 […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: What’s this record doing on my deck? I have listened to Furtwängler’s own recordings of his overlong second symphony, and have heard it performed live by Daniel Barenboim […]