The Italian soprano Celestina Casapietra died this week in her homeland. After early successes in Milan she married the DDR conductor Herbert Kegel and became half of the regime’s operatic glamour couple. In Berlin, she […]
Two dozen of the world’s leaing musicians have published a letter of admiration for the pianist Pavel Kushnir, who was arrested for posting an anti-Putin video and was allowed to die of hunger in jail. […]
In a year of generational transition with Jasper Parrott stepping back at HP and Barrett Wisman fading out at IMG,one of Germany’s older family firms is also moving on. Cornelia Schmid is giving up executive […]
The Elbphilharmonie concerthall tells us that its inaugural Creator in Residence Nahre Sol amassed 13.5 million views for her videos of the course of a year. Sounds promising. Here’s her take on Mahler’s Adagietto. To […]
Friends are reporting the death of Harold Meltzer, a prolific composer who taught at Syracuse University. Meltzer suffered a stroke five years ago and was left severely disabled. His works have been recorded on Albany, […]
The Houston Symphony today upgraded its Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth S. Condic to Interim Executive Director. The move takes effect in October when John Mangum leaves to run the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The post […]
The flamboyant Richard LLugner who drew tabloid attention to the fusty Vienna Opera Ball by paying millions to Kardashian-type celebs to turn out as his date, has pranced his final waltz. A construction billionaire, Lugner […]
The winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition is Zijian Wei, 25, from China. Two Americans came second and third. You can watch the final round on youtube. The post Chinese contender wins Cleveland appeared […]
The Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham has been sanctioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra after making remarks from the stage that were offensive to Israelis and to Jews. Gillham, 37, had inserted a piece that was […]
The choreographer Doris Uhlich has been awarded this year’s state price for dancing naked in January while covering herself in powder in th former imperial resort of Bad Ischl. Must be something original in the […]
