The conductor and arranger Robin White has died after a richly fulfilling career, mainly in light-music and outdoor concerts. A student of Vernon Handley, he gave concerts at National Trust properties across the south of […]
Ultra-orthodox housing minister Yitzchak Goldknopf is at the centre of a furore after he was filmed dancing at his nephew’s wedding to a song whose refrain is ‘we’ll die rather than join the army’. His […]
A small Gaza demonstration outside Davies Symphony Hall greeted concertgoers to the Israel Philharmonic’s tour performance lasty night. Local estimates suggest about 100 protestors turned out, representing Artists Against Apartheid and other groups. Inside, the […]
It has become known that Javier Sanz Pascual, from the Reina Sofia academy in Madrid, has won the second bassoon position at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He has been playing in the C’bouw Academy this […]
Message received: Houston Grand Opera mourns the passing of our longtime principal percussionist and orchestra personnel manager, Richard Brown. ️ “He was one of the most important engines of the artistic growth of the Houston […]
The Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz went into the 2005 Chopin Competition with a strategy to isolate himself from all other performers and from the outside world. He read no newspapers, heard no radio. ‘I found […]
There’s room at the top of Canadian Opera Company. Look at the admin board and you’ll find that COC Deputy General Director Christie Darville has been erased. No word from anyone. Darville has been with […]
On Friday 21 March, Opera Rara released the first ever studio recording of the original 1857 version of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra (ORC65). Follow the link for a cornucopia of Verdian deliciousness: aria after aria, including this, Amelia’s Cavatina sung […]
Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, born February 27, 1932, died 14 years ago this week on 23rd March, aged 79. She was much more than “the girl with the violet eyes”. Elizabeth Taylor was […]
These “Complete String Quartets” by American composer John Zorn aren’t really string quartets – at least not in the traditional sense. These are, more accurately, a collection of 8 named pieces for string quartet. (There is […]
