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 comes the bass singer Ildar Abdrazakov, a fanatical loyalist.
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The Detroit Symphony has appointed Gracie Potter as its principal trombone. She 21, from Phoenix, Arizona. The post Phoenix rises in Detroit appeared first on Slippedisc.
Message received: Opera Naples, Theater in the Garden and the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation jointly announce that a seven-figure gift has been secured for the intended purchase of land to build an international center for the […]
The death has been made known of Raymond Warren, composer in residence at the Ulster Orchestra and professor at Queens University Belfast, 1966-72. During those years he befriended a fellow-teacher Seamus Heaney creating an instrumental […]
