November 29, 2024
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The best Tchaikovsky conductor is 92 today

The best Tchaikovsky conductor is 92 today

Happy birthday to People’s Artist of the USSR, artistic director and principal conductor of the Tchaikovsky Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev. All round, the best Tchaikovsky conductor of his time. Certainly in the ballets and […]

Igor Levit cancels Israel

Igor Levit cancels Israel

The German-based pianist has pulled out of Wednesday’s performance of Beethoven’s triple concerto in Tel Aviv. According to the orchestra, Levit sends his regrets and says he hopes to return soon. The cancellation may be […]

Idiot is Salzburg’s biggest hit

Idiot is Salzburg’s biggest hit

Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera on Dostoievsky novel The Idiot has received audience ovations and ecstatic reviews at the Salzburg Festival. The director Krzysztof Warlikowski updates the story to Putin’s Russia, replete with characters selling their souls […]