Leonard Slatkin, born September 1, 1944, blazed trails where none had gone before. He was the first non-British chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the first (after Sir Charles Mackerras, who was UK […]
The veteran Alain Lanceron has signed Nathalie Stutzmann to Warner Classics & Erato. Her debut recording will be Dvorak with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, out in August. The post Label news: Stutzmann gets record deal […]
It has been announced overnight that the next director of the Ruhrtriennale is to be Lydia Steier, an opera director who has made her name in Lucerne and Vienna. Steier, 47, is from Connecticut, granddaughter […]