The new concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra as of this week is Tjeerd Top, assistant principal violinist of the Royal Concertgebouworkest. He says: ‘After twenty years with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (KCO), I started this […]
Maggie Smith and Carol Burnett We have all seen the tributes to Dame Maggie Smith who died last month aged almost 90. Carol Burnett, now 93, is an American comedian, actress, and singer, a grande dame […]
The funeral is taking place of the composer Sofia Gubaidulina, self-exiled from mother Russia and settled for the last quarter of her long life in the quietude of northern Germany. She is being buried in […]