Taking its lead from the Spain football team, whose teenaged star gets sent to bed before full-time, the Vancouver Symphony has chosen Julin Cheung as its Assistant Principal Flute/Piccolo after an international audition. Julin is […]
The Placido Domingo-founded competition, to be held in Mumbai in September, has named its judges. Among them are Marta Domingo and several artistic ‘advisors’. The Domingos’ grandson, Dominic, has been the competition organiser. List The […]
Vermeer – the exhibition of the century Click here for tickets – tv subscription In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam opened its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. By the […]
What a difference a performance makes! Bruckner’s First Symphony was not, of course his first. Bruckner is “that” composer who wrote a Symphony No. 00 (Double Zero). But even his ‘real fist symphony went through […]
This may sound like a strange observation, but for me, one of the stars of this show, aside from the composer and the conductor, is the orchestra “leader” (or as non-British orchestras call them, the […]
The German-Russian pianist has organised a counter-antisemitism concert at the Elbphilharmonie: Hamburg, 10 July 2024: On the initiative of Igor Levit, the Elbphilharmonie is making an appeal to humanity with a solidarity concert. On 16 […]
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress – Adam Temple-Smith, Michael Mofidian – The Grange Festival (Photo: Craig Fuller) June on Planet Hugill: Holland Park, the Grange, Aldeburgh, Glyndebourne and beyond. Our latest newsletter has landed on MadMimi and on […]
A French court has sentenced the cornet player and early-music leader Jean Tubéry to six months in prison, suspended, and three years’ ineligibility for public office. He was found guilty of ‘repeatedly imposed comments with […]
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Now this is intriguing. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Scots Opera Project are teaming up for a production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in an exciting new Scottish Gaelic and Scots Language version! David Douglas directs with a Scots […]
Temple Church The Temple Music Foundation’s 2024/25 season offers the opportunity to hear a diverse range of music in a variety of spaces in and around Temple. Things kick off with Siren Duo (Claire Wickes, […]
