Munich mourns its Antonio
The bass-baritone Alfred Kuhn died this weekend at 86. He sang 15 years in Darmstadt, five in Düsseldorf and 30 at Bavarian State Opera, where he was a fixture as Antonio in The Marriage of […]
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BBC hires extra conductor
The BBC today appointed the German musician Anja Bihlmaier as principal guest conductor of the BBC Philharmonic. Bihlmaier, 45, has just left the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague after one three-year term as chief conductor. […]
Brazil mourns ‘one of our greatest soloists’
The British-Brazilian oboist Harold Emert has published this appreciation of the international cellist Antonio Meneses, who died of cancer this weekend. Rio de Janeiro– Internationally renowned Brazilian cellist who won the Tchaikovsky prize in Moscow, […]
Sudden death of noted maestro, 74
The Musiespana agency has announced the death of the Spanish conductor Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez. No cause has been made known. A prize-winning student of Hans Swarowsky in Vienna, Gomez Martinez was Principal Conductor of […]
Winchester Cathedral in talks with local choirs
There are further concerns at the likely authority of the next director of music at the troubled Cathedral. Ten local choirs have been called in for talks. The Dean has issued a statement: ‘We have […]
Israel music chief dies at 40
The death was confirmed today of Ofri Gofer, head of music at the national broadcaster, Kan. Ofri had been battling cancer. So many go too soon. The post Israel music chief dies at 40 appeared […]
Concerto is dropped after composer is charged
The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain has cancelled Andrew Batterham’s Trumpet Concerto from its Summer Course concert in Blackburn next Saturday. Batterham, 56, has been charged with alleged child sex offences in Melbourne, […]
Principal cello withdraws from RPO
The award-winning English cellist Richard Harwood is playing out his final month in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra before making a change of direction. He writes: A couple of months ago, I reached the sad decision […]
Label news: Naive signs Olympics star
The French label has signed the French-Swiss mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti whose voice floated high above the Olympics opening show in Paris last weekend. Viotti, 38, dressed for that occasion as a female pirate. She is […]
Michael Tilson Thomas: I’ll be back
Our session for Radio 3’s Lebrecht Interview with MTT lasted almost two hours and much of the sidebar stuff ended up in BBC bins. However, not to be forgotten is Michael’s pledge to return to […]
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