In today’s birthday honours, King Charles has bestowed well-deserved knighthoods on the church composer John Rutter and the outgoing BrittenPears chief Roger Wright, a former head of the BBC Proms and Radio 3.
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The London Philharmonic Orchestra has picked two budding conductor fellows for next season, to be guided by principal conductor Edward Gardner. Wilson Ng is from Hong Kong, working mostly in South Korea. Nefeli Chadouli, who […]
The death was confirmed today of Ofri Gofer, head of music at the national broadcaster, Kan. Ofri had been battling cancer. So many go too soon. The post Israel music chief dies at 40 appeared […]
Nice to see a disc celebrating Eudice Shapiro. A pupil of the great Efrem Zimbalist, long-lived Shapiro (1914-2007) shines on this release. She was known as an orchestral and quartet leader, and here we hear […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Baroque Bridges: Ensemble Hesperi joins forces with Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble")
.JPG?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Thrilling moments, terrific theatre, intimacy & transcendence: Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Berlioz's Requiem at BBC Proms with London Symphony Orchestra")
