Maria João Pires: I shall be away for a while
The much-loved Portuguese pianist, who suffered a small stroke last week, has posted this message (with picture): Dear friends, I regret to inform you that I will have to step away from the stage for […]
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Dream Differently: A danced version of Christopher Isherwood, new Sufi music, Mussorgsky with Chinese traditional instruments at the Manchester International Festival
Under the title of Dream Differently, Manchester International Festival is taking over Aviva Studios and spreading across the city from 3 to 20 July 2025 with a wide selection of boundary pushing art and culture. Director and […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The opening work of the Aldeburgh Festival’s 76th edition fell to Colin Matthews’ A Visit to Friends, the composer’s first foray into opera.")
The opening work of the Aldeburgh Festival’s 76th edition fell to Colin Matthews’ A Visit to Friends, the composer’s first foray into opera.
Colin Matthews: A Visit to Friends – Lotte Betts-Dean, Marcus Farnsworth – Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) Colin Matthews: A Visit to Friends; Lotte Betts-Dean, Susanna Hurrell, Marcus Farnsworth, Edward Hawkins, Gary Matthewman, director […]
Another artist is killed by Putin’s forces
The violinist Lisa Batiashvili has reported the death in action of the Ukrainian actor Yurii Felipenko. Every day another world extinguished. The post Another artist is killed by Putin’s forces appeared first on Slippedisc.
Here’s this summer’s soaraway Spanish hit
The most listened-to item on Apple Classical this past week has been an album of serenades on Deutsche Grammophon by the French guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre, played on 19th century instruments. Raphaël Feuillâtre, 28, was born […]
A box-set honouring one record producer
The Australian compilation brand Eloquence has come up with a set of recordings acknowledging the life’s work of Otto Gerdes, best known as Herbert von Karajan’s main producer on Deutsche Grammophon. Gerdes was also a […]
Becoming Tosca: Prologue Opera brings its unique approach to the 2025 Grimeborn Festival
Have ever seen an operatic performance and wondered about a character’s backstory and what drives them? Tenor Anthony Flaum founded Prologue Opera to answer such questions. Based in Sussex, the company believes opera, as an artform, […]
Side-By-Side – Brixton Chamber Orchestra & Lambeth school children, conductor Matthew O’Keeffe – Church of St John the Divine, Kennington
Side-By-Side – Brixton Chamber Orchestra & Lambeth school children, conductor Matthew O’Keeffe – Church of St John the Divine, Kennington On Friday 13 June 2025 at the Church of St John the Divine in Kennington, […]
Polish conductor, 61
The funeral took place today of Wlodzimierz Siedlik, director of the Polish Radio Choir in Kraków and of the Kraków Academic Choir of the Jagiellonian University. He was head of the Paderewski Centre and professor […]
Spain mourns maestro
The death has been made known of José de Felipe, founder and conductor of important elements in Madrid’s concert life. Educated in Moscow, where his parent were exiled during the Franco regime, founded the Children’s […]
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