Preservation Hall jazz club in New Orleans has named Japanese pianist Mari Watanabe as a winner of this year’s Legacy Awards. Watanabe, 59, is the first Japanese musician to be recognised in the homeland of […]
In an act of Kremlin musical chairs, the Russian leader has reshuffled his Presidential Council for Culture and Art. Out goes the former Bolshoi chief, Vladimir Urin, who was never much of a Putinist. In […]
We’re hearing breath-stopping accounts of the Rosenkavalier revival at La Scala, conducted by Kirill Petrenko of the Berlin Philharmonic in his first appearance at the matrix of Italian opera. Giornale della Musica reports ‘endless applause’ […]
From Buckingham Palace: The King, Patron of the London Symphony Orchestra, watched an hour-long performance of classical music, which was conducted by the LSO’s Chief Conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano. The concert included performances of Rossini’s […]
The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras, rebuilding independently from their founder John Eliot Gardiner, has bedded down with one of London’s conservatories. Here’s the plan: Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras, three internationally-renowned ensembles in the field of […]
Hilary Tunstall-Behrens, co-founder of the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, has died aged 98. The IMS said: He died peacefully at home with his wife Tatiana and family at his side. Our thoughts are […]
Message from the Utah Festival: Dear Utah Festival Family, We are reaching out to share an important update regarding our upcoming 2025 season at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. As we continue to navigate […]
The New York Times, whose arts pages resemble an offshoot of PR Week, has published a soft piece on the Spanish violinist Maria Duenas. No harm in that. But the headline reads: ‘A 21-Year-Old Violinist […]
Faculty at Manhattan School of Music are locked in a tough wage negotiation. The school is represented by one of NY’s costliest law firms, Proskauer Rose, whose attorneys charge $1,475 per hour. MSM pays precollege […]
Oscar Wilde’s 170th Birthday In the West End theatre season of 1895, the playwright Oscar Wilde had three plays running simultaneously in the West End. Lady Windermere’s Fan came first, in 1892, A Woman of No Importance (1893) and An Ideal Husband (1894). He […]
