Martha Argerich, 83 today, plays Prokofiev in Hiroshima

The Night Watch Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn would have celebrated his 419th birthday this week which is my excuse for writing about him. Rembrandt (he ditched the ‘Harmenszoon’ early and became known as, simply, Rembrandt) was […]

Message received:  On 1 May 2025, Axel Hiller will succeed Florian Wiegand as the director of the Concert and Media department. “It is a great joy for me to join Markus Hinterhäuser in determining the […]

The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has let is be known that Dean Shelly Berg will depart a year from now. Berg who turns 70 in August, is a classical and […]