Tamara Stefanovich, Matthias Goerne at Salzburg Easter Festival in 2025 [Photo: SF/Marco Borrelli] Schubert: Winterreise; Matthias Goerne, Tamara Stevanovich; Oxford International Song Festival at Olivier Hall, St Edward’s School Reviewed 10 October 2026 The further along […]
Defining LoveEmily Pillinger, Stephanie Oade, Fiona Macintosh, Elenora Pertz, Valerie Eickhoff Holywell Music Room, Oxford International Song Festival Defining Love: Satie, Schindler-Mahler, Britten, Schumann, Korngold, Faure, Schubert, Strauss, Mozart, Rodgers & Hart; Valerie Eickhoff, Elenora […]
Iestyn Davies & Oliver Wass at Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival Sweeter than Roses: Trabacci, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Cavalli, Purcell, Dowland, Muhly, Britten, Handel; Iestyn Davies, Oliver Wass; Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival in the Marble […]
Seth Schultheis [Photo: Norbert Ittermann] Beethoven, Elizabeth Ogonek, Schumann; Seth Schultheis; Hatfield House Music Festival in the Marble HallReviewed 9 October 2026 The 2025 Telekom Beethoven Competition Winner in an engagingly varied programme that found […]
Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Ethel Bridge by Unknown photographer snapshot print NPG x15184 © National Portrait Gallery, London Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich, Brahms; Musicians of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Hatfield House Music Festival […]
Oliver Cope Oliver Cope was recently appointed as chief conductor of Chromatica Orchestra, making him one of youngest conductors in the country to hold a titled position with a professional orchestra. He was a prize-winner […]
Musicians preparing for the opening concert of Hatfield House Music Festivalunder the watchful eye of Queen Elizabeth I in the Marble Hall Music which pleaseth myne ear: Thomas Morley, John Dowland, William Byrd, Tobias Hume, […]
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John Joubert [photo: Graham Boulton] Next year is the centenary of Birmingham’s pre-eminent composer John Joubert (1927-2019). Born in South Africa, John Joubert wrote over 180 works, ranging from operas and orchestral music to choral […]
Students on the Advanced Young Musicians Programme [Photo: Britten Pears Arts] Britten Pears Arts’ O’Hare Music Centre has opened up in the newly refurbished Britten Pears Building at Snape Maltings. As part of phase 1 […]
First prize winner, Canadian violist Emad Zolfaghari performing at Windsor Festival International String Competition 2026 [Photo: Julian Guidera] This year’s Windsor Festival International String Competition celebrated its 10th anniversary and, for the first time, the final on […]
