Marin Alsop’s Brazilian at the Berlin Phil

The estimable chamber music venue on Wigmore Street has told the funding body that it is no longer fit for purpose, accusing Arts Council England of an ‘abandonment of excellence.’ Wigmore Hall’s John Gilhooly has […]

Local hire Michael Gassmann is leaving the fest after four years, it has been announced in Bonn. His successor is to be Torger Nelson, who used to work at Washington National Opera and at the […]

From an interview with Tarmo Peltokoski at the Granada Festival: ‘A personal passion of mine is the music of Vaughan Williams, the great English composer, which is not really played anywhere. So we shall be […]