The NY Times reports the death of Jean-Philippe Allard, founder of the jazz division at PolyGram France (now Universal).
Allard revived the careers of two generations of sidelined jazz artists, having first failed at a job in the classical division.
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The Russian pianist Pavel Kushner died today in a Birobidzhan detention center while awaiting trial for allegedly ‘inciting terrorism’. His offence was to read anti-Putin poems on a Youtube channel with five subscribers. Kushner went […]
Prokofiev: Suite from Semyon Kotko – Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Royal Festival Hall (Photo: Marc Gascoigne) Prokofiev, Mussorgsky/Denisov, Lyatoshynsky; Matthew Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski; London Festival HallReviewed 2 April 2025 Ukrainian […]
Putting San Francisco far behind him, the Finn is plunging into Nietzsche and Strauss on the Hamburg docks. The post Esa-Pekka Salonen gets out beyond the Bay appeared first on Slippedisc.
