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A message from violinist Maxim Vengerov: Fantastic to see Barenboim at his home. I am so proud to have studied with him for so many years, play so many concerts and recorded with him both […]

A rightwing Trumpist Floyd Brown says he has been fired as VP of development at Kennedy Center after just two weeks. His appointment was never announced through any formal process. Brown declared it two weeks […]

The Austrian tabloid Kurier has reported the death of its former showbiz reporter Peter Kupfer, who turned chasing stars into a profitable business. The personable Kupfer was manager of star tenors José Carreras, Juan Diego […]

The former head of the Sazburg Festival, La Scala Milan and the Maggio Musicale has been found guilty in Florence on two counts of using money from the opera house without authority. Pereira, 77, was […]

In the week that composer Per Nørgård passed away, we are informed of the death of the important conductor Tamás Vetö. He died a week after his 90th birthday. A fugitive from the 1956 Hungarian […]

The body of Edward Grantham was found inside inside his house in Sydney’s Croydon district after a huge fire. Ted, who was 80, was a well-known organist and composer of the opera “Bitter Innocence”. He […]

The verdict is just in from the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, held over ten days at the Helsinki Music Centre. The winners are: 1st Prize €30,000: Sueye Park 2nd Prize €20,000: Minami Yoshida (Japan) 3rd […]

In partnership with Opera Zuid and Nederlandse Reisopera, Dutch National Opera has developed a new concert experience in a Purcell programme centred around his short opera Dido and Aeneas. This music from more than 300 years […]

Dr Faustus Click here to subscribe 432 years ago this week, on May 30th 1593, a man died in mysterious circumstances. He was Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan dramatist most famous for Doctor Faustus and for his […]

It has been annoucned that the UK-based South African cellist and singer Abel Selaocoe will play a Sunday morning spot at the rock-inconic Glastonbury Festival this summer. He will appear with his Bantu Ensemble with […]