The Peruvian Dayner Tafur-Díaz has won the Siemens Conductors Competition with a prize of studying in the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Tafur-Díaz, 26, stood out among 68 contestants from 29 countries.
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The veteran Alain Lanceron has signed Nathalie Stutzmann to Warner Classics & Erato. Her debut recording will be Dvorak with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, out in August. The post Label news: Stutzmann gets record deal […]
The Chinese-American pianist is playing a four-hand recital with the Icelandic star Víkingur Ólafsson one night in November. Seats in the main stalls area of the Royal Festival Hall are priced at £160. That’s steep. […]
Washington National Cathedral has been shaken by the unforseen departure of its British director of music, Michael McCarthy. Mike writes: Having nearly completed my 21st year at the National Cathedral and having had the benefit […]
