We have learned of the death of Jaroslav Mihule, noted authority on the life and works of Bohuslav Martinu and artistic administration at leading Czech opera houses.
The English National Opera board has appointed Jenny Mollica as Chief Executive of ENO and the London Coliseum. She has been Interim CEO for the past nine months. No surprises there. Mollica was previously Director […]
Last Saturday morning, the British pianist Paul Lewis had finished his shopping at Tesco’s superstore in Amersham and was heading off to rehearse Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for […]
The French composer Emilie Mayer (1812-83) has already appeared once on Classical Explorer via her Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1843), via a concert from the ever-impressive Insula Orchestra. Now there is a chance […]