On of the reasons orchestras organise choral concerts is because amateur singers have families who usually book to hear them. Not in Birmingham, apparently. One of our moles tells us that, with three hours to […]
We hear that Wasfi Kani at Grange Park Opera has engaged the orchestra of English National Opera for her forthcoming Ring cycle, which opens next summer with Rheingold. This is a brilliant swoop, employing an […]
The Philadelphia-based US pianist Jonathan Biss has joined the faculty of Toronto’s Glenn Gould School. Biss, 44, is presently with Mitsuko Uchida of the Marlboro Music Festival. He has also taught at Curtis and NEC. […]