Sotheby’s is selling the 1714 ’Joachim-Ma’ Stradivarius violin in Feburary, with estimates ranging from $12m to $18 million. All proceeds will go to the New England Consevatory of Music (NEC). The owner’s life story is […]
The Sicilian conductor Francesco Angelico makes his debut at the Opéra de Montpellier with an exceptional operatic programme focused entirely on Italian repertoire. This is streamed for Slippedisc readers courtesy of OperaVision. A connoisseur of […]
Zachary Woolfe, chief music critic of the New York Times, has written a detailed, damning review of Klaus Mäkelä’s Carnegie Hall concerts with the Concertgebouw orchestra. Mäkelä is 28. He is head of major orchestras […]