Carnegie Hall today named its annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, to go on tour with conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The largest ethnic group is East Asian. Oh, and British Columbia is […]
Orchestra Lumos – formerly the Stamford Symphony – is losing its President and CEO at the end of this year. Russell Jones, formerly head of the Association of British Orchestras, says he wants ‘to explore […]
Veda Siren reports in the Sanomat that Sakari Oramo has resigned as professor, saying: ‘The Sibelius Academy has been lost, it has grown too big and multidisciplinary, and the content does not seem to matter […]
A GoFundMe page has been set up for the Chinese family of pianist Weilu Liu, who died in a murder-suicide with her violent husband Jonathan Rivera in Gainesville, Florida. Weilu had come to the US […]
Zygmund de Somogyi Composer, interdisciplinary artist and writer Zygmund de Somogyi (Zyggy) is one of eight composers on the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Composers programme. Each composer on the programme gets a paid commission […]
The death has taken place in a London hospital of the much-loved singer and teacher Michael Harper. After a stage career in Europe and Asia, Michael Harper became Professor of Singing at the Royal Northern […]
The next sovrintendente of opera in Venice will be the conductor and composer Nicola Colabianchi, presently director in Cagliari. Colabianchi, 67, is favoured by the political right. He succeeds Fortunato Ortombina, who has gone to […]
Andrey Gugnin Nine days of masterclasses and performances by renowned pianists, the Oxford Piano Festival returns from 26 July to 3 August 2025. The festival aims to inspire, support and encourage music-making at the piano […]
The UK-raised conductor Sarah Ioannides has decided to leave Symphony Tacoma, in Washington state, after 12 years in charge. She will depart next year. Ioannides, 52, was previously music director of the El Paso Symphony […]
The Belgrade Philharmonic are on strike for the first time in its 102-year history. The musicians say they are the lowest paid in the Balkans. The Government last week dismissed their board chairman and has […]
