Just in: John Eliot Gardiner’s relaunch is delayed
John Eliot Gardiner’s Springhead Constellation – his successor to the Monteverdi orchestras – was supposed to make its debut tonight at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. But their flight was delayed by bad weather at London’s Heathrow airport, […]
Philharmonic cancels after 4 players are hit by car
Musicians of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra called off last night’s concert after four players were injured when a car ran into a peaceful vigil for victims of a railway disaster. Some musicians are blaming both […]
Breaking: Gergiev’s conquest has fallen
Eight and a half years ago, Valery Gergiev conducted an all-male concert in the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra to celebrate its reconquest by Putin forces on behalf of the chemical mass-murderer Bashir al-Assad. This […]
Now Paavo pumps out New York Times platitudes
Low on the heels of the deep philosopher Gustavo Dudamel, the Zurich conductor Paavo Järvi tells New York Times readers what it is he does for a living: In our modern world, where attention spans […]
David Oistrakh gives the kiss of life
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Where has my week gone? Much of it was spent plundering a coffin of one of the most captivating violinists that ever lived. David Oistrakh, Odessa born (thus […]
