The artists manager Marcin Kopec, formerly of the TACT agency, is setting up his own business in London this morning under the business name MKImpressari. Artists on the new MK list include Aigul Akhmetshina (pictured), […]
Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mstsensk – John Findon, Amanda Majeski, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, ENO, John Storgårds – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/ Andy Paradise) Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mstsensk; Amanda Majeski, Brindley Sherratt, John Findon, […]
First the Met at movie houses destroyed the live New York audience. Now, Gelb admits, his big idea has eaten itself. From an interview with El Pais (Spain): ‘When I took the position in 2006, […]
The death has been reported of Raul Barboza, master of the accordion who weaned the French off their wheezy soundscape onto a Latinate cosmopolitanism. Raul was 87. He migrated to France almost half a lifetime […]
The classical and crossover singer David D’Or was attacked during a concert in Warsaw by a woman who threw red paint and shouted ‘Free Palestine.’ D’Or, 59, comes from a family of Jewish refugees from […]
Charlotte Lee’s Primo Arts has opened a European branch in London. It will be run by former HarrisonParrott artist manager Maja Rath (pic). The first artists to have worldwide management from London are conductors Gemma […]
Friends are reporting the sudden passing of Geert Berghs, an outstanding vocal coach who helped many soloists and choruses. Himself a member of Ton Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque Choir, he became research fellow at the University […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbox – another slice of music life in the raw: Dear Alma, A former male leader of a well-respected European orchestra was teaching at a music festival this summer. He is […]
This week’s #1 is Yunchan Lim with … not his finest hour. But the fans are out in force. Here’s the Apple top ten exclusive to slippedisc.com. 1 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Yunchan Lim 2 Beethoven […]
We hear the Orchestre de Paris is about to name Esa-Pekka Salonen as its next music director. The official word is expected within hours. E-P, who is 67, will replace his fellow-Finn Klaus Mäkelä, whose […]
