So who’s the jumping conductor?

Fred Astaire died 38 years ago today, on June 22nd 1987. This item is just a blatant excuse to watch Fred Astaire’s best numbers with all three of his great partners. They are all gone […]

The soft-soap arts section of the newspaper today posts an interview with Michael Haefliger, who is stepping down next year after 25 years at the head of the hyper-elite Lucerne Festival. Haefliger, 63, has one […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I love artists who attempt the impossible. Within reason, that is. I’d draw the line at someone playing the 32 Beethoven sonatas one-handed, or the 15 Shostakovich quartets […]