Barbican Quartet (Photo: Andrej Grilc) The Barbican Quartet (Amarins Wierdsma, violin, Kate Maloney, violin, Christoph Slenczka, viola, Yoanna Prodanova, cello) is so-named partly because the founding members, Amarins, Christoph and Yoanna met at the Guildhall […]
From SAI Composers Bureau: American composer Dr. Diane Thome passed away on January 13, 2025. She was 82. Dr. Thome was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Composition from Princeton University, where she […]
Agnes Baltsa, who turned 80 this week,was snapoped up by Karajan for Vienna and Salzburg at the age of 25. She became the foremost Carmen of her time, but she learned very quickly to manage […]