Lang Lang got a Christmas sweater

Theb Guardian and Gramophone critic liked to attend concerts with a pocket score, which he signed and dated on the cover to remind him of the event. Ted died in July 2015, leaving his possessions […]

Culture senator Joe Chialo has said the city needs to make further savings in addition to the 131 million euros slashed in the present budget. He’s talking of reductions of 149 million euros next year […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Into every musical life, a little Schmidt must fall. I cannot count the conductors who have tried to persuade me that the Viennese cellist Franz Schmidt  belongs among […]