classical music

The operatic tenor William Reeder followed eight years as leading soloist at Zurich Opera with 40 more as a brilliant arts administrator. Among other achievements he was founding Dean of the College of Visual and […]

Austrian musicians have been shocked by the sudden death of Christian Blahous, resulting apparently from a fall in his home. Christian, who had been director of the Waidhofen/Ybbstal Music School Association since 2014, was known […]

For 38 consecutive years, the Last Night of the Proms was set alight by the flawless David Butt soloing ‘The Sailor’s Hornpipe’ in Sir Henry Wood’s swaying Fantasia on British Sea Songs. Butt, who was […]

Hollywood’s Australian superstar, 55, has had it up to here. She tells Radio Times: ‘My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting… […]

The thoughtful American musician Matthew Aucoin has been pondering a century-old question. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, a term that’s routinely applied to radically different […]

The two stars are among six new teachers in the college division string faculty, announced today. It’s a mid-career moment. Here’s the press release: Award-winning violinist Stella Chen, three-time Grammy-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, esteemed violinist […]

Charlie Chaplin When he died, in December, 1977, he was Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Knight of the British Empire, but he was born 136 years ago on 16th April  1889 as plain Charlie Chaplin in […]