The Curtis Institute has issued fundraising figures for an 11-year campaign to maintain fee-free tuition. A total $255 million has been raised, doubling the existing endowment. Top gift was $55 million from Nina Baroness von […]
A member of the Philharmonia Orchestra called in the police after having a Florentine violin, dated 1740, stolen from The Marquess Tavern on Canonbury Street, Islington. The theft took place in February 18 but has […]
A wealthy businessman has hired the Toronto Symphony and the Amadeus Chorus for a public performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony on Wednesday at Roy Thomson Hall. Musicians are said to be uneasy but none will […]
One of the world’s less transparent orchestras, the Malta Philharmonic has been ordered to pay its former chief conductor Brian Schembri the amount of 168,000 Euros for breach of contract. Schembri was fired in 2017 […]
The game of smoke and mirrors that is English National Opera took an absurd turn this morning when the company’s incoming music director was hired by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in the same post. […]
The death has been made known of Beate Ritter, a popular member of the Vienna Volksoper who moved on to the Stuttgart state opera, where she sange her last performance in April. Beate also had […]
Two pics of Lenny, one in Hollywood, the other in Eilat, Israel. l-r: Alexis Weisenberg, Jennie Tourel, Lenny photo: Benno Rothenberg/Photographs collection in the National Library of Israel/Meitar Collection The post The coolest of US […]
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The 43rd International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition was won last night in Bern by the South Korean baritone Geon Kim. Out of 135 singers from 45 countries, South Korea submitted by far the most […]
