A new ensemble, La Philharmonica, is putting on an alternative Vienna concert on New Year’s Day, we are informed. Seven women members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will play works by women composers at 4pm […]
Many happy returns to Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s wizard of Cape jazz improvisation. A refugee from apartheid, he has lived most of his adult life in New York, performing under the stage name Dollar Brand. […]
It’s tempting to call this Jonas Kaufmann’s love affairs: he is very much the main protagonist here (along of course its Puccini himself). This follows on from his first Puccini album in 2015 – Nessun […]