John Adams calls Berlin’s Nixon in China ‘a disgrace’

The Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham has been sanctioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra after making remarks from the stage that were offensive to Israelis and to Jews. Gillham, 37, had inserted a piece that was […]

The family of Kammersänger Professor Siegfried Lorenz have communicated sad news of his death, six days before his 79th birthday. Berlin born, Lorenz was permanent lyric baritone at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in East Berlin […]

In 1973, Zubin Mehta plucked Matthew Garbutt, 21, from Los Angeles as principal tuba of the Israel Philharmonic. Garbutt held the position for three interesting years before returning to the US. He then settled in […]