A Virginia guitarist and composer, Yasmin Williams, reached out politely to interim KenCen chief Richard Grenell for guidance on changes to artist bookings under the Trump administration. The responses she received were off-the-scale personal and […]
The London Philharmonic Choir has chosen Madeleine Venner as its Chorus Director, starting in September. She succeeds Neville Creed, who is retiring after 30 years. Venner is former Choral Director for the Hallé Concerts Society […]
The distinguished expat violinist Roberto Cani has died at his home in LA, aged 57. A prizewinner at the Paganini and Tchaikovsky competitions, Cani studied in Milan and Moscow and played concertos with major orchestras. […]
Libertas: Beethoven, Schubert, Beach, Marx; Äneas Humm, Doriana Tchakarova; Rondeau ProductionReviewed 19 April 2025 The young Swiss baritone explores ideas of personal freedom in an intriguing recital that moves from Beethoven and Schubert to Amy Beach (in German) […]
The Great Gatsby Is The Great Gatsby the Great American Novel? It’s certainly one of them and it was published exactly 100 years ago this week, on April 10, 1925. It epitomises and emblemises the […]
Xiaogang Ye is no strange to Classical Explorer: nice to see a whole disc of his chamber music on the Resonus label. This music here, spans over three decades of Ye’s chamber works from 1989 […]
Pavel Kushnir (1984-2024) Pavel Kushnir (1984-2024) was a Russian pianist, author, and activist who became the first political prisoner in modern Russia to die during a hunger strike in 2024 [see the 25 August 2024 article […]
My goodness, the quality in Telemann’s works is high. Soon, we’ll be looking at a disc of early cantatas (along with a work by Heinichen) on cpo, but t’s time for chamber music: the first […]
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Jocelyn Freeman and Francesca Chiejina at SongEasel’s 2024 series A Vast Obscurity Pianist Jocelyn Freeman’s South-East London-based song series, SongEasel goes from strength to strength and their seventh concert series, DREAMS: A Place, runs from 10 […]
The National Youth Choir (15-18 years), conductor Neil Ferris, is presenting Heart and Soul, a programme exploring themes of life, friendship, courage and love through the voices of different composers from a mix of cultures, […]
