The venerated pianist, playing the first Shostakovich concerto last night in Tel Aviv with the Israel Philharmonic, asked the conductor Lahav Shani to announce that she was playing the encore for Alon Ohel, a prisoner […]
The Philadelphia-based US pianist Jonathan Biss has joined the faculty of Toronto’s Glenn Gould School. Biss, 44, is presently with Mitsuko Uchida of the Marlboro Music Festival. He has also taught at Curtis and NEC. […]
The UK’s Northern Chamber Orchestra, headless for the past two years, has named a leading duo. Zöe Beyers (pictured right), concertmaster of the BBC Philharmonic, will be artistic director. Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, former Halle Orchestra violinist […]