The opening of the Haifa Symphony season was cancelled due to uninvited missiles from Hezbollah.
The Israel Camerata Jerusalem is also maimed by the absence of soloist Matt Haimovitz, who was unable to get a flight into the country.
He said: ‘My heart goes out to the people of Israel. One day there will be peace.’
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Known as the man who ‘gave saxophone a voice in China’, Liu Yuan died of cancer yesterday aged 64. Among other achievements, he founded China’s first rock band and mentored dozens of young talents. The […]
The polemicist Heather Mac Donald detects the dead hand of Edward Said behind the Met’s dysfunctional new production of Aida in which the supernumerary hero is a befuddled Egyptologist. Her brilliant article appears in next […]
