The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has given a one-year post to former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, sacked by Donald Trump for being excessively radical. She will be a senior fellow with responsibilitites on advising […]
Message from the best French orchestra outside Paris: Nouvelle arrivée à l’Orchestre ! L’Orchestre national du Capitole est ravi d’accueillir Quentin Vogel au poste de violon solo. Bravo et bienvenue ! Quentin is 24, from […]
The European Broadcasting Union has launched a commissoning scheme to mark its 75th anniversary. The composers and their performance dates are: Andile Khumalo (South Africa) – WDR Symphony Orchestra – 13 September 2025 Edgard Moya […]
The local government of Sicily is reported to have spent Euro 650,000 for a single concert of the Cherubini Orchestra conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti that took place last night. Apparently the euivalent concert last […]
The impressive soprano Helena Tattermuschová, outstanding in Janacek and Mozart roles, has died at 92. Her recording of the title role in Cunning Little Vixen reaped international awards. She also caught the eye as the […]
Dr Andrew Lumsden, whose departure as director of music at Winchester Cathedral brought down a clerical house of cards, has moved on to his nex engagement. He writes: Delighted to say that I will be […]
The royal Dutch orchestra has announced the retirement of second concertmaster Marijn Mijnders, after 36 years’ service. Mijnders, 64, is also a member of the Uriël Ensemble. Her husband, violinist Henk Rubingh, preceded her into […]
From MIT News: Professor Emeritus Barry Lloyd Vercoe, a pioneering force in computer music, a founding faculty member of the MIT Media Lab, and a leader in the development of MIT’s Music and Theater Arts […]
The German recorder player and ensemble leader Dorothee Oberlinger has been awarded 30,000 Euros for … being a recorder player. The award is the ‘Grand Cultural Prize’ of the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland. The jury in its […]
George Vass & the Presteigne Festival Orchestra (Photo: Presteigne Festival) This year’s Presteigne Festival, which runs from 21 to 25 August 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), among the […]
