The conductor takes time out in Berlin to talk through his first performance of Janacek’s comic opera with its leading singer Peter Hoare.
In true Broucek fashion, they have a beer and bratwurst. The beer, we hear, was 0% alc. The brat, at least, was non-vegan.
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This release, aptly titled “A Duke Moment”, spotlights music originating from Duke University. The Ciompi Quartet, comprised of professors at Duke, play an interesting program of new and recent works for string quartet by composers […]
The pianist and composer Nikki Iles is to be Principal Conductor of the NDR Bigband from September. She succeeds Geir Lysne. Nikki, 61, was previously composer in residence with NDR Bigband. The post British jazz […]
The inimitable Austrian pianist Friedrich Gulda died on January 27, 2000 in the village of Steinbach am Attersee, where Mahler composed his second and third symphonies. Gulda’s compositions were mostly jazz. His stage personality was […]
