The Austrian composer Peter Ablinger, long based in Berlin, died yesterday at the age of 66. Ablinger founded and led the Ensemble Zwischentöne and was much concerned with turning speech into music. The post Berlin […]
This weekend will mark 70 years since the death of Wilhelm Furtwängler, on November 30, 1954. While his political decisions remain contentious, his importance as a conductor has only increased. No musician in his time, […]
Message from the president of the Minnesota Orchestra. Dear Board, Staff and Musicians – I am so very sorry to share with you that violist Ken Freed passed away unexpectedly earlier today while participating in […]