Death of notes Russian pianist, 88

Seattle Opera has named James Robinson, artistic director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, as its next general and artistic director. Robinson, 61, is best known for directing Terence Blanchard’s opera Fire Shut Up in […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Lukas Foss was a classmate of Leonard Bernstein’s at the Curtis Institute and a lifelong friend, though never an equal. While Bernstein blazed to national glory in his […]

The Czech composer is known chiefly as a prophet of microtonality. So how do you play him on a piano, with only whole abd half tones? Here’s how. Sounds a bit honky-tonk. The record is […]