The Gustav Mahler youth orchestra has announced the death of its former member Victor Aviat, after a short illness. Victor was principal oboe of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, widely known and well liked. He also played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and was developing a conducting career.
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Gniezno Cathedral and Lake Jelonek, Poland, where Mikołaj Zieleński worked(Photo by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0/WikiMedia) Little is known of Mikołaj Zieleński beyond the fact that he published a major collection of works in 1611. On 14 August […]
Entitled simply “Quartets,” this disc presents three of Joseph Phibbs‘ quartets, performed by the Piatti Quartet.The First (2014) is available on a Champs Hilll release, also by the Piatti Quartet, Albion Refracted, where it shares […]
Franz Welser-Möst has pulled out of the opening of the new Magic Flute, directed by Barbora Horakova, at the end of this month. A statement from Staatsoper director Bogdan Roscic reads: ‘After successful immunotherapy, unexpected […]
