The violist Ori Kam has stepped down from the Jerusalem Quartet after 15 years. He says: ‘The past few years have been challenging for me and the quartet’. He speaks also of ‘new professional opportunities.’
The quartet will try out violist Mathis Rochat on US tour this season and Alexander Gordon in Europe.
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The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (Osesp) has chosen British conductor Thomas Blunt as Principal Conductor of its choir, starting in the new year. The music director is Thierry Fischer. The post Brazil picks Brit baton […]
The controvesial culture senator Joe Chialo who was responsible for dopuble-digit cuts across the traditional arts resigned this morning, saying he was unhappy with the cuts he was forced to make. Chialo said: ‘Last year, […]
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