The Vienna Philharmonic has replaced an unwell Franz Welser-Möst in four concerts next weekend with Ivan Fischer. The programme is unchanged: Haydn’s 52nd, followed by Das Lied von der Erde.
Minnesota Orchestra, too will have to do without Alice Sara Ott, who has acute tendonitis. She is substututed in the Beethoven G-major concerto by Conrad Tao
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The Sun Symphony Orchestra of Hanoi has imported Gerry Varona as assistant principal viola. Originally from the Philippines, Varona arrives from the Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Small world, getting smaller. […]
The Bolshoi press service has announced the death of baritone Vladislav Verestnikov, one of its long-serving stalwarts. Originally from Kharkiv, he was married to fellow-Ukrainian soprano Lyudmila Sergienko. The post Bolshoi star dies, 77 appeared […]
After coming to the end of 25 years with Carlos Kalmar, Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival has named a successor for the next three summers. He is Giancarlo Guerrero, who has just stepped down at […]
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