The German town of Heimbach has named a road bridge to its power station in honour of the late Lars Vogt, founder of its music festival. Vogt, who died of cancer in September 2022, initiated a series of concerts inside the power station.
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Brooklyn Academy of Music has chosen veteran programmer Amy Cassello as its Artistic Director. BAM President Gina Duncan said: ‘Amy is a deep thinker who considers the needs of artists and arts workers at every […]
The Prague composer Viktor Ullmann was incarcerated by the Nazis in the Theresiendstadt concentration camp before being sent to be killed in Auschwitz in October 1944. Ullmann is mostly remembered for his concentration camp opera, […]
The legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz, who is 90, is the mourning of her son, the composer Ziad Rahbani. Ziad, who was 69, composed his first song for his mother when he was 17. His best-known […]
