Sondheim, piano solo

In the darkened backroom of the BBC’s northern orchestra, brows are furrowed over the identity of a new supporter. The orchestra has been paying an agency to boost social media engagement. Its Facebook followers have […]

Martha Argerich, who appeared this week at the Verbier Festival, has cancelled the Engadin Festival this weekend ‘for health reasons’. Her trio partners Mischa Maisky and Iddo Bar-Shai have also withdrawn. They are replaced by […]

The conductor, who is suffering from the recurrence of a brain tumour, took his final bow on Sunday with the San Francisco Symphony that he led for half of his 51-year podium career. From the […]