The award-winning English cellist Richard Harwood is playing out his final month in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra before making a change of direction. He writes:
A couple of months ago, I reached the sad decision to leave this wonderful family of friends and colleagues in order to focus on a range of other musical activities. It’s been a wonderful 7 years.
I look forward to our tour of China with Vasily Petrenko next week where I also get the opportunity to be soloist for two of the nights in Beijing and Shanghai performing Tan Dun’s Suite from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”.
Seasonal ailments are universal. In tonight’s Magic Flute at Bavarian State Opera, Alina Wunderlin will sing Queen of the Night instead of Jessica Pratt. Louise Alder (pic) jumps in as Pamina instead of Ying Fang. […]
Orchestra musicians at the Metropolitan Opera in New York have posted this picture of their cello section last night. No men to draw a bow. They’ll be rubbing their eyes in the Vienna Philharmonic. The […]
We gather that Martyn Brabbins, who resigned two years ago as music director of English National Opera in face of its dismemberment, has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of India, starting in […]