Top trumpet dies, 71
The death has been made known of Günther Beetz, founder member of German Brass and trumpet professor at Musikhochschule Mannheim. His influence on trumpet playing was far greater than his fame. The post Top trumpet […]
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Kronos Quartet’s last man standing
With a double change of violinist and violist, David Harrington is the last survivor of the group he founded in 1973. ‘We listened to several hundred of each instrument,’ Harrington told the San Francisco Chronicle. […]
Six of the sillier Proms
The BBC Proms schedule, made public last night, contains plenty of temptations. – There’s the Vienna Philharmonic, rarely spotted in London nowadays, playing a cheerful pair of symphonies, Bruckner 9 and Tchaikovsky Pathetique. – My […]
Génération @ Aix: A French evening
Génération @ Aix: Ravel, Fauré, Saint-Saëns Anneleen Lenaerts (harp / mentor); Thomas Briant (violin); Sara Ferrández (viola); Alberto Navarra (flute). Théâtre du Jeu de Palme, Aix-en-Provence, 19.04.2025 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. […]
This year’s Georg Solti prize goes to a Korean woman
The Solti Foundation US has given its annual $30k grant to conductor Holly Hyun Choe. She’s a former assistant to Paavo Järvi and Gustavo Dudamel, now conducting the chamber orchestra Ensemble Reflektor. From next year […]
Dvorak expert is UCLA chief
The Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA has named Michael Beckerman as its new dean. Beckerman is a proper scholar, probably the foremost non-Czech expert on the life and works of Antonin Dvorak. The […]
Philadelphia gets new boss
The orchestra has confirmed Ryan Fleur as CEO, replacing Mathias Tarnopolsky, who has gone to the New York Phil. Fleur has acted in an interim capacity since Tarnopolsky left in January. Fleur has been part […]
Music amongst friends: my preconcert talk at Conway Hall
On Sunday 27 April 2025, the Zoffany Ensemble will be presenting a fascinating programme at Conway Hall for their Sunday concerts series at 6.30pm. The ensemble will be performing two 19th century nonets, by Louise […]
Fierce virtuosity and sheer delight: oboist Olivier Stankiewicz, soprano Lucy Crowe, violinist Maria Włoszczowska & friends in a captivating evening of Bach, Zelenka, Handel, Vivaldi
Bach: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen – Olivier Stankiewicz, Lucy Crowe, ensemble led by Maria Włoszczowska – Wigmore Hall (taken from live stream) Bach: arias from Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen and Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Concerto […]
This mezzo is a qualified surgeon
AskonasHolt have signed the Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Molinari, who has a qualification in surgery and medicine from the University of Padua. Originally from Riva del Garda, she started out playing flute before taking her Hippocratic […]
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