The Brazilian Academy of Music mourns the death of pianist Maria Josephina Mignone at the age of 101 years.
She founded the “Francisco Mignone Cultural Center and was the premier interpreter of her huband’s works.
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The Russian premiere of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera Salambo was suspended for an hour while its conductor Valery Gergiev popped out to attend to other duties across town. Inexplicable,and unprofessional. Here’s what the Telegram channel reports: […]
The Russian-born soprano Olga Peretyatko has a habit of spilling personal beans on Facebook. In June 2018, she announced that she was filing for divorce from the con ductor Michele Mariotti and withdrawing from all […]
The veteran Polish composer Andrzej Hundziaka died yesterday in Lodz. He wrote many orchestral pieces and a vast number of choral works for children. The post Polish composer, 98 appeared first on Slippedisc.
