Rare chance to see a mermaid

Local hire Michael Gassmann is leaving the fest after four years, it has been announced in Bonn. His successor is to be Torger Nelson, who used to work at Washington National Opera and at the […]

There is only one British contestant at this year’s Leeds piano competition, an event founded by piano teacher Fanny Waterman (pictured) to advance awareness of the instrument and its talented young performers. Just one. I […]

We have been notified of the death of the international Japanese conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama, at the age of 84. Music director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra for four decades, 1964 to 2004, he was transformational […]