The orchestra with broken instruments
There appear to be a new release of a 2021 documentary about an orchestra of Israelis and Palestinians in which all the instruments have been retrieved from dumps or are broken almost beyond repair. The […]
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They are still playing piano at the damaged Weizmann Institute
Despite a strike by an Iranian missile on Israel’s premier scientific research centre, students and professors are making the most of what’s left. This is the most Israeli thing I’ve seen. Taken at the Weizmann […]
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 […]
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, […]
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