classical music

Message from the group, successors to the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble: We have devastating news that our friend and colleague Richard Edwards passed away last night. On behalf of all his dearest friends at London […]

The semi-final entrants have been decided at the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki. They are: Gabrielle Després (Canada, b.2000) Otto Antikainen (Finland, b.1999) Nakyung Kang (South Korea, b.2003) Wonbeen Chung (South Korea, b.1997) Claire Wells (US, […]

From our critic in residence: The ways in which the human voice can project hundreds of feet are close to the heart of Western theatre. In opera – despite occasional rumours of amplification in recent […]

This is the 6th symphony, on tour with the Chicago Symphony. The post End of Mahler with Jaap van Zweden appeared first on Slippedisc.

Deborah Rutter left the Chicago Symphony Orchestra after a confrontation with music director Riccardo Muti. Neither backed down. One had to go. Rutter has now been sacked  by a bigger bully in the White House. […]

Washington Performing Arts says it ‘will not utilize The Kennedy Center’ next season. It has moved its concerts to the Music Center at Strathmore and Lisner Auditorium. Artists affec ted include Yo Yo Ma, Midori and […]

For the first time, Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision streams the finals of the Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Competition. From an initial field of over 200 young singers from 40 countries, the finalists gather in […]

This is the Dutch TV investigation into allegations of abusive conduct by the country’s leading conductor, Jaap van Zweden. Includes rare hiostorical footage. The post Watch: The TV case against Jaap van Zweden appeared first […]

Chicago pianist Lori Kaufmann remembers her teacher, who died today:   In 1985, John Perry did me the immense kindness of accepting me into his piano studio at the University of Southern California. Over the years, […]