The conductor Daniel Lipton, founder of Opera Bogotá in Colombia and opera Ontario in Canada, has died in reitrement in Tampa, Florida. Born in Paris to refugee parents, Lipton was General Music Director in Dessau, […]
It is three years this month since Julian Wachner was fired as director of music at Trinity Church Wall Street, following a single allegation of sexual misconduct. Wachner was also dismissed from his teaching post […]
Title page of Anna Magdalena Bach’s manuscript: Suites á Violoncello Solo senza Basso Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, Cello Suite No. 6 in D […]
Best film score award last night went to Daniel Blumberg for his music for Brady Corbet’s film The Brutalist. Blumberg, 34, is a former frontman of the rock band, Yuck. He’s a Londoner who grew […]
We previously met Lucca-born Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) on a disc on Glossa’s “Cabinet” label, a set of superb performance software the composer’s Op. 2 Concerti grossi. That was in 2020, and revisiting the disc, the […]
Rudolf Nureyev and Miss Piggy This clip needs no introduction. Perhaps the most incongruous pairing ever captured on video, a love duet between Rudolf Nureyev and Miss Piggy singing Baby It’s Cold Outside. Nureyev doesn’t need to pantomime discomfort, he […]
Message received: The MSO is thrilled to announce that German-based Australian violinist Natalie Chee will join the MSO as our next Concertmaster, commencing January 2026. Natalie has been Concertmaster of the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne […]
The Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena mourns the passing of Cesare Orselli, illustrious musicologist and university professor. He was the author of works on Boito, Brahms, Mascagni and Richard Strauss. The post Italian music scholar, […]
The British a capella octet, shaken by the withdrawal of Andrea Haines, have replaced her with a US visitor: We are thrilled to announce that Savannah Porter will be joining VOCES8 as Andrea’s successor. Savannah […]
The German violinist Christian Tetzlaff has cancewlled a US tour, saying he was unlikely to return unless the Government changed course on Russia-Ukraine. Tetzlaff, 58, told the NY Times: ‘Have the American people forgotten the […]
