A third contestant quits Cliburn
Two dropped out in the week the competition started. A third, China’s Xiaofu Ju, withdrew ‘for medical reasons’ as the quarter-finalists were about to be announced. The following 17 are still in the running: […]
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The Watchman #4: Us is Them
Editorial by Hana Gubenko Not rarely one hears Those above; the government, the media, the educated, the rich, the refugees, the powerful and powerless, the doctors, teachers, bankers, the unvaccinated, criminals, transgender and transphobes, […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Tintypes – the Met
Join Jeff Rosenheim, Curator in Charge of Photographs at the Met, for this charming little film. It gives a closer look at the extraordinary group of tintypes from the William L Schaeffer Collection featured in […]
Composer & producer Eímear Noone joins RPO for Worlds of Fantasy: Video Games in Concert at Royal Albert Hall
Eímear Noone (Photo: Andy Paradise) Last year I chatted to composer Eímear Noone about writing for video games, films and TV in advance of her Video Games in Concert tour with the Heritage Orchestra [see […]
Something juicy that you can get your teeth into: composer Libby Croad chats about The Brontë Suite which gets its UK premiere next month
Libby Croad (Photo: Alexander Barnes) On Sunday 22 June 2025, Brighton Festival Chorus and City of London Sinfonia join forces at Cadogan Hall under the baton on James Morgan for a concert that features Duruflé’s […]
Ruth Leon recommends…. Neue Stimmen singing competition
Liz Mohn Foundation’s Neue Stimmen Finalists’ Concert has established itself as one of the world’s most important events for promoting emerging talent. The names of former winners such as Vesselina Kasarova, Franco Fagioli, Marina Rebeka and […]
Neue Stimmen Finalists
Liz Mohn Foundation’s Neue Stimmen singing competition has established itself as one of the world’s most important events for promoting emerging talent. The names of former winners such as Vesselina Kasarova, Franco Fagioli, Marina Rebeka and Elsa […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Kinetic Molpai – Ted Shawn’s Men Dancers
Ted Shawn Click here to watch For anyone interested in the early history of modern dance, here is a fascinating film snippet from 1937. Ted Shawn, the dancer and choreographer who founded Jacob’s Pillow in the 1930s, […]
New online: Kaija Saariaho’s violin concerto
Enjoy. Six years ago: The post New online: Kaija Saariaho’s violin concerto appeared first on Slippedisc.
Orchestra gets fitted for custom-made suits
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 […]
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