Herbert Blomstedt, 97

Seven years ago, the Portuguese poet of the piano Maria Joao Pires shocked the classical world by announcing her retirement. It seemed somehow unreasonable as she was playing better than ever and her occasional four-hand […]

Britten Peard Arts has appointed a career-long artists’ agent to succeed Sir Simon Robey as board chair. Angela Mallinson, 64, has been on the BPA board for five years. She was a founder of the […]

Daniel Harding, a part-time Air France pilot, flew the Santa Cecilia orchstra from Rome to Paris, pausing to take a New York Times crew on board – just for the record. In the cabin, the […]