The orchestra management has issued a brutal demand to Michael Lam, 63, oboist and cor anglais player, to attend a reaudition or be dismissed without pension. The orchestra’s MD, Ofer Amsalem, wrote to him that […]
Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955) was a Russian-born French painter whose turbulent life often overshadowed his short career. Composer John Casken describes de Staël’s canvases as being as vibrant and vivid of any artist working at […]
Vladimir Putin has issued a decree granting Russian citizenship to the veteran Italian stage director Giancarlo del Monaco. Son of the famed tenor Mario del Monaco. Giancarlo directed Rigoletto at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow […]