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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2025 is the bicentenary of the birth of the singer, librettist and composer Hervé [Louis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (1825-1892)], a man responsible for a wide selection of opérette and opéra-bouffe that have rather dropped out of the […]
The 2025 Praemium Imperiale Award for music has been allocated to the Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff. It’s worth just over $100,000 and a handshake from royalty. Schiff lives in the UK, Italy, Switzerland and Japan. […]
