The NY Times has a soft feature today about its favourite pianist Jeremy Denk choosing a new piano for the Frick. He has a choice of three, all Steinways. America knows no other concert brand. […]
The rising composer Clemens K. Thomas had an opera, ‘Dollhouse’, premiered in Hamburg a few months back. Now he’s putting on an orchestral piece called ‘Girls und Panzer’. Tricky, right? Thomas explains: I was commissioned […]
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival runs from 23 to 25 May. Before the festival, an extra event features a Georgian Party Music Workshop for young people. Young musicians aged between 7 to 12 […]
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, cellist Senja Rummukainan & conductor Ryan Bancroft at 2024 Lichfield Festival (Photo: Tyler Whiting) For 11 days in July, the Lichfield Festival will be bringing music, performance, comedy and dance […]
We understand that Andre Schoch, principal of the Berlin Philharmonic, has left the orchestra to be professor of trumpet at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Mannheim. Schoch, 37, joined the Berlin Phil in 2017 […]
David Zinman, former music director of the Baltimore Symphony and Tonhalle Zurich, has lost his beloved wife. He writes: It is with great sorrow that we mourn the passing of dear Mary She was a […]
The recent kerfuffles at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra are having wider repercussions. A Swedish rock group at the Utilita Arena caused long street queues by insisting that all patrons surrender their phones before […]
The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has let is be known that Dean Shelly Berg will depart a year from now. Berg who turns 70 in August, is a classical and […]
At a time when shrinking CD sales have made physical charts meaningless, we are delighted to have obtained exclusive publication right to the Apple classical charts, which represent global usage. We will publish the Apple […]
From the occupied arts center: Step in to The Kennedy Center for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration marking President Trump’s first 100 days in office. Set in the interactive gallery honoring President John F. Kennedy, this unforgettable […]
