Musical chairs: New head of Gulbenkian

Alexander Shustorovich, president of IMG Artists, has launched a bid to take over classical artists who are listed with WME. ‘If the artists at WME are up for grabs, that doesn’t mean we’ll get them […]

The National Conservatory of Music in Quito has announced the death of (Luis) Gerardo Guevara (Viteri). A student of Nadia Boulanger in Paris, Guevara published more than 100 scores and wrote the defining history of […]

The loss of Esa-Pekka Salonen early in the festival was a serious blow. Now Zubin Mehta has pulled out. He has ‘personal reasons’ for not conducting Beethoven’s 9th symphony. Here’s the official notice: Regrettably, guest […]