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From an interview with Ivan Hewitt in the Telegraph: ‘Beethoven … was so original, but he could only achieve what he did because of a great discovery of the West. It is the system of […]

The 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will take place in Fort Worth, Texas, in March. A long list of 77 pianists has been finalised. One third of them are Chinese. Four are accredited as […]

This is a scene from a new Richard Strauss production in Berlin. I will confine my criticism to the singer’s ironing technique: that is not how you do men’s collars, darling. I can just about […]

Scherzo reports that the Spanish-resident Venezuelan conductor will conduct a charity concert in Valencia on behalf of victims of the October DANA floods, which claimed more than 200 lives in the region. Dudamel has been […]

The irrepressible Antonio Moral, formerly of the Granada Festival, is now starting up mini-festivals in undeveloped parts of Spain. Starting with … Malaga. His opening event, at the ened of February, is backed by the […]

Music director Kazuki Yamada signed a short contract extension today with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chief executive Emma Stenning said: ‘I am thrilled that the brilliant Kazuki Yamada will remain Music Director of […]

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: ‘Year over year, we’re actually up about $750,000 in terms of overall revenue,’ said Melia Tourangeau, the symphony’s CEO, noting that attendance for the holiday concerts in December broke previous records. […]

The Society of Friends of Bayreuth has offered Katharina Wagner an extra million euros to reverse a significant cut in her 2026 anniversary year plans. They have specifically demanded the restoration of Tobias Kratzer’s Tannhäuser […]

The widely respected choral director Simon Halsey has joined the Oslo Philharmonic as Choral Director and Artistic Advisor for the next five years. Halsey, whose career tracked Simon Rattle’s from Birmingham to Berlin to London, […]

Word is going round that Andrew S. Grossman has died. Grossman was one of the last surviving ex-directors of the all-powerful Columbia Artists Management Inc, not exactly jumping off the deck of the Titanic but […]