The much-loved instrument maker George Stoppani died over Christmas. Aside from making instruments he created a brand of ‘Real Guts Strings’ and was an international authority on instrumental acoustics.
The post English luthier dies, 75 appeared first on Slippedisc.
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim has written an eye-opening feature in the NY Times on the growing recognition for musicians who play for patients in hospital, and the development of professional standards. …on a brisk January morning […]
The 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth ended during the night with a victory for Aristo Sham from Hong Kong, which is part of China. He now lives in Sweden. Sham, 29, […]
Some weeks ago, we reported the death in war of the renowned Ukrainian tenor Vladyslav Gorai. Two of his close friends, soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska and baritone Vitaliy Bilyi came together in a memorial performance of […]
