Martha Argerich, 83 today, plays Prokofiev in Hiroshima

Subscribers have been informed that the US violinist has pulled out of planned performances of the Brahms concerto in January. No reason has been given. Maxim Vengerov will jump in.     The post Just […]

We understand that David Chan, concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 25 years and a faculty member at Juilliard, is giving it all up to be full-time professor of violin at Rice University’s Shepherd […]

The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, based in San Francisco, has named Peter Whelan as its next music director. Whelan, 47, will take up the baton a year from now. He succeeds Richard Egarr. Meantime, he will […]