First the Met at movie houses destroyed the live New York audience. Now, Gelb admits, his big idea has eaten itself. From an interview with El Pais (Spain): ‘When I took the position in 2006, […]
The death has been reported of Raul Barboza, master of the accordion who weaned the French off their wheezy soundscape onto a Latinate cosmopolitanism. Raul was 87. He migrated to France almost half a lifetime […]
The classical and crossover singer David D’Or was attacked during a concert in Warsaw by a woman who threw red paint and shouted ‘Free Palestine.’ D’Or, 59, comes from a family of Jewish refugees from […]
Charlotte Lee’s Primo Arts has opened a European branch in London. It will be run by former HarrisonParrott artist manager Maja Rath (pic). The first artists to have worldwide management from London are conductors Gemma […]
Friends are reporting the sudden passing of Geert Berghs, an outstanding vocal coach who helped many soloists and choruses. Himself a member of Ton Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque Choir, he became research fellow at the University […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbox – another slice of music life in the raw: Dear Alma, A former male leader of a well-respected European orchestra was teaching at a music festival this summer. He is […]
This week’s #1 is Yunchan Lim with … not his finest hour. But the fans are out in force. Here’s the Apple top ten exclusive to slippedisc.com. 1 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Yunchan Lim 2 Beethoven […]
We hear the Orchestre de Paris is about to name Esa-Pekka Salonen as its next music director. The official word is expected within hours. E-P, who is 67, will replace his fellow-Finn Klaus Mäkelä, whose […]
The Southwestphalia Philharmonic has chosen Ingmar Beck as its chief conductor, starting a year from now. He is a former chorister at Augsburg Cathedral and a winner of the Aspen conducting prize. The post Baton […]
An advisory about interval bells has been issued in the website’s disability section: ‘The bell is loud and can be startling. It is rung ten minutes before the show starts and at each interval.’ So […]
