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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Neue Bahnen – Schumann’s final article for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in 1853 Schumann’s magazine, Neue Zeitschrift für;Musik, is best known for the composer’s own, often important, pronouncements about contemporary music. It was where […]
Message from the Vienna-based Russian soprano: “I am regrettably obliged to withdraw from my January performances in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Wiener Staatsoper, which would have marked my role debut. Ill health this month […]
A primary school music teacher in West Yorkshire has been banned from the profession after pupils claimed he touched them on the knee. The teacher, 63, refused to attend the disciplinary hearing, saying some of […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Baroque Bridges: Ensemble Hesperi joins forces with Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble")
.JPG?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Thrilling moments, terrific theatre, intimacy & transcendence: Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Berlioz's Requiem at BBC Proms with London Symphony Orchestra")
