Death of French maestro, 68
Message received: The Forum Voix Etouffées regrets to inform you of the passing today of its founder and director Amaury du Closel, who passed away last night at the age of 68. Du Closel was […]
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Hallo? Is that Clara Schumann’s phone?
Students at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau have utilised AI to enable visitors to the Robert Schumann birthplace Museum to talk to Clara on her home phone. Clara was listed in […]
Barenboim hands over the baton
From a correspondent in Berlin: Touching ceremony last night at the Staatsoper in Berlin when a very frail Daniel Barenboim received the title of Honorary Chief Conductor and ‘passed the baton’ to his successor, Christian […]
Blomstedt, 97, premieres adolescent Mozart
The Serenade in C K 648 for two violins and bass, nicknamed A Very Little Night Music, was discovered recently in Leipzig and performed at the Gewandhaus. Now the veteran Herbert Blomstedt has recorded an […]
Editorial: It’s time to change most orchestra auditions
Two posts this weekend about auditions in Europe and the US drew a tsunami of responses, mostly defending the current administrative practice of seeking to balance – that is, manipulate – new entrants to orchestra […]
Walking with Dinosaurs: composer Ben Bartlett reflects on the 25th anniversary
Walking with Dinosaurs – Diplodocus-and-Stegosaurus – SOURCE BBC More than two decades since the first episode of the iconic series, the award-winning soundtrack of Walking With Dinosaurs has been released to celebrate the 25th anniversary […]
A bassoon is stolen in Brooklyn
From Sara Schoenbeck, a teacher at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music: Someone stole my constant companion from me in Brooklyn today (ed. Sunday). They took my soulful, beautiful and irreplaceable Heckel Bassoon, serial #9703. Please […]
The pianist they slaughtered on October 7
Yuval Buyum, 21, was a dedicated pianist who played classical music, jazz and his own compositions. He was murdered in cold blood at noon, a year ago today, in Kfar Aza by armed Hamas invaders. […]
Bayreuth plans Nazi documentation centre
The town of Bayreuth is planning a Nazi documentation centre. It will be housed in the former mansion of the British antisemitic polemicist Houston Stewart Chamberlain, a significant influence on Richard Wagner and Adolf Hitler. […]
All shall have prizes: Portugal, Korea
Portuguese mezzo Cláudia Ribas (pictured) has won the 57th International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. Second was UK mezzo Annabel Kennedy. Min Gyu Song from South Korea is the winner of the 13th edition […]
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