The intercity shuttle that is English National Opera has named former Barbican artistic director Louise Jeffreys to plug the gap while its board searches vainly for a big beast who can raise money from public […]
The orchestra has granted tenure to Roxana Wisniewska, Harry Ward and Eva Rabchevska. Roxana is Polish with Spanish roots, the daughter of two violinists. Harry, who is Australian, studied in the Karajan Academy with Berlin […]
Known as the man who ‘gave saxophone a voice in China’, Liu Yuan died of cancer yesterday aged 64. Among other achievements, he founded China’s first rock band and mentored dozens of young talents. The […]