Why the Proms still matter
Every April for as long as I can remember I have ripped open the BBC Proms Guide a few days ahead of publication in search of coming summer thrills. A sad life, I know, but […]
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Another huge gift for Jacksonville as music department shuts down
The Jacksonville Symphony in Florida, which recently banked an anonymous $15 million donation, has just received a $3 million top-up from the Terry Family Foundation. The orchestra says: ‘This remarkable gift will strengthen the Symphony’s […]
What will happen to Steinway when US tariffs kick in?
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. […]
Girls und Panzer – it’s Germany’s new orchestral hit
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 […]
A Georgian Party Music Workshop, and Pick a Card: Ensemble Augelletti’s family friendly events for Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
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 […]
11 days in July: Lichfield Festival 2025
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 […]
Not blowing his trumpet: Berlin Phil principal leaves to teach
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 […]
Maestro mourns his wife, Mary
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 […]
In Birmingham, an arena rock band bans all phones
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 […]
Veteran US music school chief steps down
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 […]
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