New online: Martha plays Mendelssohn

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The death of composer Alexander Goehr last August reminded obituarists of the vital contributions his refugee father Walter Goehr had made to insular British culture. Walter worked as […]

HarrisonParrott has inked a 14 year-old Finnish schoolgirl, Lilja Haatainen, who plays the violin. She has already played concertos with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Finnish Chamber Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, […]

Christian Thielemann has told La Scala he has to undergo surgery next month and cannot conduct Das Rheingold, which opens on October 28. Simone Young and Alexander Soddy will step in. Since he misses the […]