An anonymous donor with a $4 million gift has enabled the San Francisco Symphony to pay 32 chorus members the pay increase they were demanding. ‘All of us at the San Francisco Symphony are deeply […]
A number of reports are suggesting that the Lang Lang effect is wearing off among the Chinese middle-classes. New piano sales in China are thought to be down to half of the peak 400,000 and […]
Having re-worked Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea earlier this year [see composer Michael Betteridge’s article], Southampton-based OperaUpClose has announced that its next project will be a reimagined version of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Gianni Schicchi (or Where […]