classical music

From our resident critic: English National Ballet’s Forsythe Programme by Alastair Macaulay You think you know me? No, you don’t. With many artists this elusiveness is the instinct that impels much of their careers. And […]

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has announced the death of Jehoash Hirschberg, who taught in its department of musicology from 1971. Hirchberg was the biographer of the Israeli composer Paul Ben-Haim. He also write books […]

The funeral is taking place of the composer Sofia Gubaidulina, self-exiled from mother Russia and settled for the last quarter of her long life in the quietude of northern Germany. She is being buried in […]

This maelstrom of madness and delusional behaviour, which fills the plot of Un giorno di regno with twists and turns, is a rare thing: a comic opera by Verdi. Written by the composer in his mid-twenties […]

Message received: Do you want to be part of our Choir? Until May 20, you can participate in the audition and the international competition for places in the Theater Choir alla Scala. apply here.   […]

Like President Trump, you never know what to expect in the city of Peaky Blinders. Our mole scuttled out Symphony Hall a few hours ago. Tonight’s performance of Mahler Symphony No 9 at Symphony Hall […]

An appeal has been raised for the widow and daughter of LA Opera concertmaster Roberto Cani. After a brave battle with cancer, Roberto left us far too soon, leaving behind his beloved wife Elena and […]

We reported yesterday that Abigail Pogson, head of the Gateshead Glasshouse (formerly Sage), had refused to sign Nicholas Serota’s letter defending the Council’s box-ticking Let’s Create policy. Pogson, a Council member for the past three […]