British Airways lost my group’s guitars
A letter to the New York Times: I’m a co-owner of Luaka Bop, a New York-based record label, and last June was accompanying the Staples Jr. Singers, a gospel group from Aberdeen, Miss., on a […]
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No more Mozart balls from Salzburg
The Salzburg Schokolade company has issued its final batch of Mirabell Mozartkugeln. The American owner, Mondelez, has decided to move production abroad. But no location or date has been fixed for resumption. The Salzburg factory […]
The NOVO Quartet triumphs at Wigmore Hall
Beethoven NOVO Quartet. Wigmore Hall, London, 3pm, 19.01.2025 (CC) String Quartets: No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18/4 (1799/1800); No. 9 in C, Op. 59/3, Razumovsky’ (1806) The NOVO Quartet of Denmark won the 77th […]
Ruth Leon recommends…. Cynthia Erivo at the Albert Hall
Cynthia Erivo Click here to watch Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo celebrates her 38th birthday this week. I’m being pernickety about her proper name as I was rightly taken to task recently for […]
Beyond Ravel: Mathias Halvorsen comprehensively demonstrates it is well worth exploring Paul Wittgenstein’s commissions beyond the familiar Ravel
Concertos for the Left Hand: Ravel, Korngold; Mathias Halvorsen, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Otto Tausk; Backlash MusicReviewed 22 January 2025 Two Paul Wittgenstein associated works, one known, one lesser-known, both receive towering performances that bring out […]
A Paris soprano responds to unjust criticism
The Trinidadian singer Jeanine de Bique has been receiving some critical heat in Paris over her French diction as Telaire in Rameau’s Telaire Castor et Pollux at the Opéra. She’s not going to take that. […]
Bad for the planet: IMG cranks up orchestra touring
The agency has ‘reintroduced’ its classical touring division in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania and South America. Peter Ansell of Intermusica joins as executive VP and head of department. See also: The case for […]
Too old to play in an orchestra?
Orchestra consultant Thomas Wolf throws down a gauntlet: Let’s say you are an aging professional athlete who has enjoyed a successful career in your sport but you are no longer competing at a peak professional […]
Musicians who look like their pets: (3) Vladimir Horowitz and his poodle
Do not try this when practising piano. The post Musicians who look like their pets: (3) Vladimir Horowitz and his poodle appeared first on Slippedisc.
Berlin cancels production, sticks with Netrebko
In her first interview as intendant of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Elisabeth Sobotka says she is cancelling one production in the 2025-26 season – which one has yet to be decided. The company is […]
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