US opera chief steps down
It has been announced tonight that Patrick Summers will step down as Artistic and Music Director at Houston Grand Opera in the spring of 2026. He has been in the post for 23 years. He […]
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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today aged 80, his son has reported. After an education that he rounded off at Juilliard, Segerstam became chief conductor at Finnish National Opera, and at Stockholm’s Royal […]
The Light of Paradise: Paul Mealor’s new choral opera inspired by the life and writing of medieval mystic Margery Kempe
The mediaeval mystic, Margery Kempe (ca.1373-1448) is a fascinating figure. She freed herself from the restraint of marriage and embarked on pilgrimages to sacred sites in Europe and the Middle East, dressed usually in white. […]
France squeezes out is last accordion
The last French maker of accordions, Maugein, has gone into liquidation after 105 years. They blame unfair competition from China, along with the slump brought on by Covid. The last instrument leaves the factory next […]
You get the PR you pay for
From a well-known UK entertainment firm: Recall – previous news with obvious error!!! Julian is of course a CELLIST! Not a violinist – I’ve only worked with him for around 10 years!! Brain Fog! Legendary […]
Everyone clearly enjoyed themselves and brought the house down: Harry Christophers & The Sixteen in Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 at Temple Church
Basilica of Santa Barbara at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantuawhere Monteverdi was working when he wrote his Vespers of 1610 Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers; Temple Music Foundation at Temple ChurchReviewed 8 […]
Just in: Cambridge choir rises from ashes
We hear that Graham Walker, Director of the recently scrapped St John’s Voices Choir, has not been resting on laurels. He is the force behind the new Cambridge University Schola Cantorum, the university’s first liturgical […]
Eminent US baritone, RIP
The death has been communicated of Dominic Cossa, a stalwart Met baritone in the 1970s and beyond. One record, he sang opposite Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti in L’elisir d’amore and in Handel’s Giulio Cesare […]
Piano legend turns 90
Many happy returns to Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s wizard of Cape jazz improvisation. A refugee from apartheid, he has lived most of his adult life in New York, performing under the stage name Dollar Brand. […]
Latin winner makes US debut
The rising Brazilian violinist Guido Sant’Anna made a headline or two in 2022 by becoming the first South American violinist to win Vienna’s Fritz Kreisler Competition. Guido was 17 at the time. Now 19, Guido […]
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