The annual shlock-fest of voyeuristic folly has a fervid fan. The conductor Paavo Järvi, head of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, has his eyeballs ready and his twitter-fingers itching. He can’t wait for the vote from […]
Five staffers have resigned and one has been fired for wearing pro-Palestine propaganda at work. The arts centre, founded in 1874 as a Jewish facility, hosts many classical music performances. Story here. The post Gaza […]
Having just returned from the Azrieli Prizes concert in Montréal (report to be published in Classical Music magazine), this post seems relevant. As a piece by the the elder statesman of the composers there, Josef […]