The violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov, head of Moscow’s International House of Music, has been awarded a state honour by his friend in the Kremlin. Spivakov, 80, joins a list of hard-handed sons of toil. […]
The Amsterdam theatre group ITA has dismissed the Belgian director Ivo van Hove, following reports of ‘unacceptable behaviour’ under his leadership. Van Hove, 65, resigned last year as artistic director but retained a €145,000 salary […]
Alexandra Dariescu (Photo: Nick Rutter) Back in 2018, I met up with pianist Alexandra Dariescu [see my interview] to chat about The Nutcracker and I, her innovative stage performance blending live piano music and dance […]