La Phil calls off concerts amid civil unrest

Low on the heels of the deep philosopher Gustavo Dudamel, the Zurich conductor Paavo Järvi tells New York Times readers what it is he does for a living: In our modern world, where attention spans […]

The Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber has been revealing his plans when he becomes Hamburg’s General Music Director in September. Among other ideas, Wellber has commissioned 10 living composers to insert their own ideas in […]

The all-controlling head of the Mariinsky and Bolshoi theatres has complained that facilities in Moscow are inadequate for his company. He told a press conference: ‘The Bolshoi Theatre teams, in my view, (…) need new […]