Rebecca Meltzer, Bertie Baigent & Guy Verrall-Withers with the Waterperry Opera Festival team in 2024 The arts administration world is relatively compact, which means that whenever someone moves there is a domino effect. The Grange […]
Cheltenham Music Festival 2023 Established in 1945 in the months following the Second World War, the Cheltenham Music Festival is celebrating 80 years this year. The festival was part of a post-war arts festival movement that also […]
Conway Hall Ethical Award: recipient Vivien Connacher and members of Songhaven with Conway Hall’s Carmen D’Cruz Last week (6 March 2025) Conway Hall presented its 2025 Ethical Gala, the annual celebration of their mission to […]
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Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes – Iván Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra – Southbank Centre (Photo: Pete Woodhead for the Southbank Centre) Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes; Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor; selection […]
Zygmund de Somogyi Composer, interdisciplinary artist and writer Zygmund de Somogyi (Zyggy) is one of eight composers on the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Composers programme. Each composer on the programme gets a paid commission […]
Andrey Gugnin Nine days of masterclasses and performances by renowned pianists, the Oxford Piano Festival returns from 26 July to 3 August 2025. The festival aims to inspire, support and encourage music-making at the piano […]
EMPOWER: Female Musical Icons is an evening of performances and conversation, celebrating the breadth and diversity of female music, at Kings Place on Friday 21 March 2025 at 7pm. There will be musical performances from […]
Buxton Opera House festival time. Credit Buxton International Festival Having launched in 1979 with a production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in a version, rare at the time, that undid traditional cuts and transposition, the Buxton […]
le vase brisé: Hahn, Augusta Holmès, Liszt, Duparc, Lili Boulanger, Sir Paulo Tosti, Clemence de Grandval, Pauline Viardot, Bellini; Thomas Elwin, Lana Bode; VOCES8 RecordsReviewed 26 February 2025 A debut recital that combines an imaginative […]
Harry Christophers & The Sixteen in rehearsal – 2024 (Photo: Johnny Millar) Harry Christophers and The Sixteen embark on their 25th Choral Pilgrimage, Angel of Peace, this month. Starting in Croydon Minster on Monday 17 […]
