A Belgian tailor is kitting out the Brussels Philharmonic in restructured jackets for the finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, with a view to improve their freedom of arm movement. They say: The jacket is […]
Tanja Dorn will personally manage the young German pianist Colin Pütz, who her agency signed this week. Colin Pütz, born 2007, has a close relationship with conductor Cristian Măcelaru, who booked him at WDR for […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Rachmaninoff had large hands and enormous fingers. He wrote concertos for himself to play. The third, in D minor, had its US premieres in Carnegie Hall with Walter […]
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 […]
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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 […]
