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.
In May last year, Rice University in Texas fired horn professor William VerMeulen after allegations of sexual misconduct with female students, which he denied. VerMeulen was suspended for two months from playing in the Houston […]
A Concerto for pipa and orchestra by French-Canadian composer Christian Thomas, to be premiered next week in Montreal, claims to be the first of its kind in the western world. It has been written for […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I have a precious Guarnerius, my grandfather’s violin, that I take with me to the communal shelter (known as Mamad) every time the Iranians start dropping hardware in […]