The violinist Vineta Sareika, who resigned this week as concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, has been awarded an honorary professorship by the Latvian Academy of Music in her home country. She says: ‘Extremely honored and […]
Ten have got through to tomorrow’s semis: Kai-Min Chang (Taiwan) Xuehong Chen (China) Junyan Chen (China) Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada) Elizaveta Kliuchereva (Russia) Khanh Nhi Luong (Vietnam) Callum McLachlan (United Kingdom) Julian Trevelyan (United Kingdom) Tomoharu […]
Gazzaniga: Alcina’s Island – Inna Husieva – Bampton Classical Opera (Photo: Anthony Hall/Bampton Classical Opera) Gazzaniga: L’Isole d’Alcina (Alcina’s Island); Inna Husieva, Sarah Chae, Charlotte Badham, Dafydd Allen, Monwabisi Lindi, Jonathan Eyers, Magnus Walker, Owain […]
Director and writer Leo Doulton has quite a varied practice, he is the marketing director of Tête à Tête, whilst as a writer he has a particular interest in interactive theatre and we caught We […]
In response to Patricia Kopatchinskaja stunning Schonberg Concerto earlier this week at the Proms, we republish a report on a concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall: Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s programming is always stimulating, but as she […]
An extraordinary take on the Purcell ode by Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, recorded in Leningrad in 1959. Beautiful in quite unexpected ways. The post Dido laments in Russian appeared first on Slippedisc.
Begin The Beguine – Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire I know you know who Fred Astaire was. Everybody does. But it’s possible you may not have come across Eleanor Powell. She was simply the greatest female […]
press release: In June 2022, the late Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini and his son Daniele, who shared a special love for Schubert, recorded their upcoming album dedicated to three essential aspects of the Viennese composer’s […]
Folks have lately pointed out the merits of Peoples’ Symphony Concerts, which ‘presents world-class music for people of modest incomes in New York City’ (or so it says on the wrapper). The series, founded in […]
Christian Thielemann has told La Scala he has to undergo surgery next month and cannot conduct Das Rheingold, which opens on October 28. Simone Young and Alexander Soddy will step in. Since he misses the […]
