Nabil Shehata has just taken over the artistic direction of the Barenboim-Said Akademie Orchestra. He’s a former principal bass in the Berlin Philharmonic. Barenboim said: ‘I am very happy and grateful that Nabil Shehata has […]
It’s curtains for the Vle of Glamorgan Festival which has been presenting new works each years since 1969. Composer Huw Watkins says on its website: ‘This wonderful festival has championed an enormous range of composers […]
David Krauss’s guest this week on Speaking Soundly is jazz singer and Macarthur Fellow Cécile McLorin Salvant, who comes out as a Puccini obssessive. She says: ‘I wonder what it would be like to be […]