Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

Barbara Cook Someone who was definitely flesh and blood was the great Barbara Cook.   Her creamy effortless lyric soprano led the original casts of many musicals of the 1950s and, when she was no longer […]

The Salzburg Festival has taken the unusual step of sacking one of its directors for alleged breach of contract. The Russian Marina Davydova took up the post as Director of Drama just over a year […]

A world record is being claimed by pianist Ruslan Ishdavletov from St. Petersburg, who improvised continuously for 60 hours without eating, drinking or sleeping. Ruslan sat down at the piano at midnight on May 27 […]