Opera chief is arrested for propositioning boys
From the Santa Fe New Mexican: Charles MacKay, who led the Santa Fe Opera for a decade as its general director, was arrested March 21 in Powell, Wyo., after he was accused of propositioning two […]
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UK award for Japanese games composer
The video games composer Yoko Shimomura has been awarded a BAFTA Fellowship for her contribution to the games industry. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a major player in UK arts and […]
UK award for Japanese games composer
The video games composer Yoko Shimomura has been awarded a BAFTA Fellowship for her contribution to the games industry. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a major player in UK arts and […]
Australian musos rally behind ‘River to the Sea’ composer
From the Australian edition of the Guardian newspaper: More than 2,000 people in the music industry have signed a petition supporting a jazz musician and composer whose winning entry River to Sea in the 2025 […]
Australian musos rally behind ‘River to the Sea’ composer
From the Australian edition of the Guardian newspaper: More than 2,000 people in the music industry have signed a petition supporting a jazz musician and composer whose winning entry River to Sea in the 2025 […]
Korean teen wins big in France
The Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, among the most prestigious in France, has been won by the Korean pianist Kim Sae-hyun. The 17 year-old played Rachmaninoff’s third concerto in the final with the Orchestra of the Republican Guard, […]
Korean teen wins big in France
The Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, among the most prestigious in France, has been won by the Korean pianist Kim Sae-hyun. The 17 year-old played Rachmaninoff’s third concerto in the final with the Orchestra of the Republican Guard, […]
Death of a formative conductor, 82
The leading Mexican conductor Enrique Batiz died yesterday in his home country, aged 82. He founded the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra in 1971 and directed it over four decades, except during the 1980s when […]
Arts Council’s lies about classical equality
Responding to Wigmore Hall’s withdrawal from its patronage, Arts Council Enngland’s CEO Darren Henley said this: ‘The idea that we don’t believe in, celebrate, invest in classical music is nonsense. We are here for every […]
Brazilian maestro, 67
The death has been notified of Isaac Chueke, an international conductor formerly associated with the Teatre San Carlo in Naples. He was long resident in Paris where he founded the Groupe de Recherche Musiques Brésiliennes […]
