The state theatre of Kassel, where the young Gustav Mahler learned the conducting ropes, has chosen the Lithuanian Ainars Rubikis as its Generalmusikdirektor. Rubikis, 45, was formerly GMD at the Komische Oper Berlin. The post […]
The NY Times reports the death of Jean-Philippe Allard, founder of the jazz division at PolyGram France (now Universal). Allard revived the careers of two generations of sidelined jazz artists, having first failed at a […]
Georgia O’Keeffe died 39 years ago this week on March 6, 1986, aged 98. Called the “Mother of American Modernism”, she was the preeminent female painter of the 20th century. Starting as a watercolour artist, […]