Maria Callas 101

Moscow-trained Ilya Shmukler, 27, has swept the board at the Geza Anda piano competition in Geneva. He won the main prize, audience prize and the young jury’s vote, plus best Mozart performance.   The post […]

Look again:   European Paintings—Rembrandt, Restoring a Masterpiece Here’s another of those ‘behind the scenes at the museum’ videos that I love so much. ​ This one has curator Adam Eaker  and conservator Dorothy Mahon as […]

Barcelona – Duke of York’s theatre I’ve been in two very different cities this week – Barcelona and Rejkjavik.  In neither case did I see anything of the town itself. In Barcelona I saw the […]