We’re hearing the Lise Martel, third violin soloist at the Opera National de Paris for the past ten years, has been chosen as concertmaster at the Opera de Lyon.
Local philanthropist Penelope Steiner has signed a check to her favourite opera house, where she is deputy board chair. The gift is described as ‘unprecedented, unrestricted’. The post Chicago Lyric receives $25 million unrestricted gift […]
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2024 has engaged Lithuanian performance-based artist Lina Lapelytė as Composer in Residence. Her duties? Born in Kaunas, Lapelytė is known for a performance-based practice rooted in music, flirting with pop culture, […]
The US violinist Hilary Hahn has pulled out of the BBC Proms next week with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, due to an ongoing injury’. She was due to play the Dvorak concerto. Isabelle Faust jumps […]