Commissioned by Staatsoper Hannover, the opera Echo 72. Israel in München is produced by a creative team with an excellent track record. The libretto is written by Roland Schimmelpfennig, one of the most often performed dramatists of […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: If you are looking for neglected stocks in these shaky times, you could do worse than sink a pair of ears into the music of Paul Ben-Haim. It […]
The violinist Vineta Sareika, who resigned this week as concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, has been awarded an honorary professorship by the Latvian Academy of Music in her home country. She says: ‘Extremely honored and […]