Sir Alexander Gibson Wednesday 11 February 2026 marked 100 years since the birth of Sir Alexander Gibson (1926-1995). Gibson became the first Scot and longest-serving principal conductor and music director of the Scottish National Orchestra […]
Two and a half years since the conductor Vasily Petrenko left Russia over the Putin invasion of Ukraine, the authorities have finally replaced him at the head of the Svetlanov symphony Orchestra. The new baton […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I’m finishing second year at a midwestern university and things were going well until now. But there’s end-of-year stuff going on and it’s getting a bit weird. My […]