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 […]
One wonders why. Why record more Mozart symphonies? What’s special about these that merits a recording of them? Seriously, BIS – a clarinet player who has decided he wants to be a conductor and you’re […]
Polish National Opera will include Penderecki’s The Black Mask as one of four new productions next season. The director is the British opera chief Sir David Pountney, whose championing of Weinberg’s The Passenger has earned […]