Slipped Disc

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 […]

The cow From that wonderful museum in Amsterdam comes this quirky little video about the cow and its importance in Dutch painting.   Friso Lammertse, curator of 17th Century Dutch paintings at the Rijksmuseum, tells […]

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra has named João Abreu from Portugal as its principal trombone. He has held that position at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf for the past seven years. The low brass section at BRSO […]

The London Symphony Orchestra has made it known that its veteran leader Carmine Lauri has played his last concert and is returning to his native Malta after nearly three decades. Lauri first played in the […]

On Site Opera has just announced shut down. The decision to sunset was driven by an increasingly challenging environment in funding for the arts combined with rising operational costs. These factors have made it significantly […]

City Opera believers have shown more fiather in the resurrection than most Christians, always to be disappointed. Here is the latest PR spin: New York City Opera has an 80-year legacy of bringing affordable, innovative […]

Message just received: It is with great regret that due to health reasons, Kirill Petrenko has to cancel the concerts from 29 to 31 January 2025. The Berliner Philharmoniker and Frank Peter Zimmermann are very […]

The Britten Sinfonia has announced the retirement of kits foounding oboe Nicholas Daniel after 33 years. His co-principal Peter Facer will take on the full position. Nick, 63, says: At a time and at an […]

Cardiff University announced today that it is cutting 400 jobs, closing the school of nursing and getting rid of numerous degree courses in the humanities. Among the subjects to be axed is music. The music […]

Last Saturday morning, the British pianist Paul Lewis had finished his shopping at Tesco’s superstore in Amersham and was heading off to rehearse Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for […]