Dido laments in Russian

The death is reported, after a lengthy illness, of the Italian countertenor and conductor Roberto Balconi. A Milanese, he studied in England with Evelyn Tubb and worked with English Baroque Soloists, Il Giardino Armonico, Il […]

From the Berlin Phil website: During and immediately after pregnancy, (expectant) mothers and their babies are vulnerable to stress factors such as pandemics, environmental disasters, war or flight. Maternal stress has long-term effects for several […]

Kerstin Holm, a culture editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, has written an open letter to the federal government, calling on them to rescine plans to deport composer Vladimir Tarnopolsky back to Russia. Tarnopolsky, 69, […]