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We have been notified of the death of Theodore Albrecht, editor and translator of Beethoven’s notebooks and professor at Kent State University. He was 79. Ted was very helpful at a late stage with my […]

Ath the season-opening concert of the Elbphilharmonie, conducted by Alan Gilbert, the Hamburg audience warmly applauded after each of the first two movements of Mahler’s first symphony. Is this new normal, asks one of our […]

The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing has promoted Li Zhe from concertmaster to executive director ot its orchestra. Li Zhe, 47, studied at the Guildhall in London and holds Canadian citizenship. The […]

The winner of the 31st Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey, Switzerland, is Paul Lecocq. US born, he studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. The post French […]

Dear Alma, I am in a master’s program (4 semesters total), and my professor just announced her sabbatical for all of next semester. This was not communicated at the time of application or at all […]

Make ‘Em Laugh – Donald O’Connor There’s lots of competition for the greatest dancers in movies – think Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire – and many for the funniest scenes – think Marx Brothers, […]

The well-known singer and voice professor Dominik Wortig died yesterday after a traffic accident. His death was made known today by his husband, the tenor Boris Leisenheimer. A soloist at Theater Hagen, Wortig performed also […]

The Dutchman Arjan Tien has been named Principal  Conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, starting next year. He has also been appointed Associate Professor of music at the Stellenbosch University. Tien, 57, is presently […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The first thing anyone learns about Galina Ustvolskaya is that her composition teacher, Dmitri Shostakovich, asked to marry her in the early 1950s. She rejected him, saying once […]

From Fabio Luisi: It is not a question of age, but a question of health. Maestro Blomstedt is the perfect example. I would like to remember my teacher, Milan Horvat: he was no star, but […]