New online: Kaija Saariaho’s violin concerto

The prolific international conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, diagnosed with a brain tumour more than three years ago, has battled through and is still undertaking engagements. In our Lebrecht Interview last summer, he flourished brilliant memories […]

From next season, concert tickets will cost from 11 to 330 Euros. Intendant  Andrea Zietzschmann (left) blames the five percent increase on ten percent subsidy cuts imposed by former culture senator Joe Chialo. She does […]

From the Washington Post: Last week, “The President’s Own” quietly canceled a concert program originally billed as the “Equity Arc Wind Symphony.” The performance was to be the culmination of a “multi-day music intensive with […]