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A giant bas-relief of Joseph Stalin has been reinstalled in the Moscow Metro.   A group calling itself USSRdays has posted: Friends, I am glad to share with you great news! On the day of […]

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has launched a competition for amatuer musicians to display their skills. Entrants are required to upload a solo performance of up to three minutes inspired by birds or birdsong. Full details […]

The 2025 Birgit Nilsson Prize – worth 1 million US dollars – was awarded today to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, whose director Pierre Audi died tragically two weeks ago. The citation says: ‘With its forward-looking and […]

We have been informed of the death of Bernard Garfield, principal bassoon for 43 years of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He passed away at home on April 29, 2025 in Haddonfield, NJ. After freelancing in New […]

Rumours are rife that the UK Department of Culture, Media, Sport and Digital is about to be scrapped in a giovernment efficiency drive. Few tears will be shed. The DCMS has long been a dumping […]

Tarmo Peltokoski, 25, has rolled out next season at the Hong Kong Philharmonic where he become music director next year. The young Finn’s first move is to appoint his compatriot Esa-Pekka Salonen as Composer-in-Residence. ‘I […]

The US tenor Brian Jagde was supposed to take the lead in the Met’s new run of Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades. When he pulled out, the Met called in Brandon Jovanovich. Now he’s gone, too. […]

The ballet has announced the death of Yuri Grigorovich, its all-powerful director from 1964 to 1995. No large stage in the Soviet Union was untouched by his productions. His most performed choreographies included Prokofiev’s Ivan […]

London’s dowdy Barbican Centre, home to the London Symphony Orchestra, is to spend £240 million doing the place up before its 50th anniversary at the end of the decade. Phase one will deliver a conservatory […]

Two award-winning sopranos Sarah Fleiss and Juliette Tacchino have joined Curtis Artist Management for general management and worldwide representation. They are the first singers from the college to be taken on by the in-house agency. […]