The death has been announced of Jarmo Sermilä, former director of the Finnish Music Information Centre and YLE’s experimental studio. He was also curator of the Sibelius childhood home museum. The post Finnish composer, 85 […]
James Inverne’s new play, That Bastard Puccini, opened last night at the Park Theatre, in north London. It relates the rivalry between Giacomo Puccini and Ruggero Leoncavallo as they raced to be first to complete […]
The German conductor will celebrate his birthday tonight and tomorrow with the Bamberg Symphony with performances of Bruckner’s first symphony and Camille Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony. The much-travelled maestro is presently artistic director of the National […]