In an act of Kremlin musical chairs, the Russian leader has reshuffled his Presidential Council for Culture and Art. Out goes the former Bolshoi chief, Vladimir Urin, who was never much of a Putinist. In […]
The Vienna Philharmonic has replaced an unwell Franz Welser-Möst in four concerts next weekend with Ivan Fischer. The programme is unchanged: Haydn’s 52nd, followed by Das Lied von der Erde. Minnesota Orchestra, too will have […]
Professor Robert Eschbach has some fresh insights for us about the recently auctioned Stradivarius violin that once belonged the the formidable Joseph Joachim. Joseph Joachim was the grandson of the internationally prominent wool merchant […]