The longest playing violinist has died at 99
In our exclusive list of long-serving orchestral players, Frances Darger came in at #2 for playing 70 years in the violins of the Utah Symphony. On retirement, twelve years ago, she found a new hobby […]
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Ivan Fischer gives free concert with players from Russia, Ukraine, Israel and Palestine
The Budapest Festival Orchestra will give a free concert on August 31 on Heroes’ Square with musicians from both sides of two conflicts. JS Bach’s concerto for two violins will feature Diana Tishchenko from Ukrainian […]
Tonight’s Parsifal cancels at Bayreuth
Message from Andreas Schrager: Leider muss ich aufgrund einer Infektion der oberen Atemwege die heutige Vorstellung „Parsifal“ absagen. Ich möchte mich bei allen, die sich meinetwegen Karten dafür gekauft hatten, aufrichtig entschuldigen. Diese Entzündung machte […]
German orchestra to be directed by 3-armed robot
To mark its 25th anniversary, the Dresden Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by a robot in a new work at the Hellerau Festival Hall in October. According to the orchestra, the rhythmic subtlety and cross-tempos […]
A violist stages Palestine protest in Mendelssohn’s Elijah
From an article by Emily O’Sullivan in The Left Berlin journal: I was hired some months ago by the Münchener Bach Orchester to lead the viola section during a performance of Mendelssohn’s monumental Elias. … […]
Orchestra finds home in disused church
A former Presbyterian church that stopped services during Covid has been confirmed as the new home of the Ulster Orchestra. The orchestra has received £268,000 from the Foyle Foundation, a charity created by the owners […]
Fado star, 69
The fabulous Portuguese singer Misia died in Lison of cancer last week. She was 69. Portugal’s Culture Minister Dalila Rodrigues called her ‘a fundamental voice in the renewal of fado’. This is what we’ll miss. […]
Just in: Yannick renews at the Met
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin has renewed hi contract at the Metropolitan Opera until 2023. There was never any doubt that he would. General manager Peter Gelb said, ‘The Met is very fortunate to have one […]
Tragic holiday death of London music director
Church sources report that Ian Keatley, director of music at Southwark Cathedral, has collapsed and died while on holiday. Ian was 42. No further details have been communicated. The Ulster Society of Organists and Choirmasters […]
Horror as Jewish cantor is murdered in Bavaria
The former opera singer Nikola David has been named as the victim of a violent crime in Augsburg on Friday. Police say there did not appear to be an anti-semitic motivation. David, who came from […]
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