The National Conservatory of Music in Quito has announced the death of (Luis) Gerardo Guevara (Viteri). A student of Nadia Boulanger in Paris, Guevara published more than 100 scores and wrote the defining history of […]
A small Gaza demonstration outside Davies Symphony Hall greeted concertgoers to the Israel Philharmonic’s tour performance lasty night. Local estimates suggest about 100 protestors turned out, representing Artists Against Apartheid and other groups. Inside, the […]
The veteran music critic of the Yediot Acharonot newspaper, Dr Hanoch Ron, died last week. He was 88. Hanich was feared early on for his fierce personal prejudices. But he mellowed with age, like so […]