The competition started last night, reduced to 28 participants instead of 30. The Russian Anastasia Vorotnaya quit last weekend. She has now been joined by Korkmaz Can Sağlam, 25, of Turkey, claiming health issues. The […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Pierre Boulez/Alfred Schnittke: Piano works (Naxos/BIS) ***/** It’s a mark of how far Naxos have come under new ownership that a label which once churned out the complete […]
The conductor has let it be known that the quarter-million Euros he has received from Siemens will go towards buying instruments for the period ensemble he is developing at Bavarian Radio in Munich. ‘I am […]