classical music

The Universal-owned UK label today signed a violinist, aged 13. Her name is Himari and she’s from Japan. She’s due to make her European debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in the first Wieniawski concerto on […]

Three months after it was squatted by 200 homeless migrants and their supporters, the Belleville cultural centre La Gaité Lyrique was finally evacuated yesterday after an intervention by the minister of culture, Rachida Dati. The […]

The NY Times has obtained an audio recording of President Trump’s first board meeting at the Kennedy Center. During the board meeting Mr. Trump floated the idea of hosting the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony himself… […]

First, Munich lost Asmik, its intended Senta. The the Dutchman pulled out. Now the conductor’s called in sick. In den Vorstellungen von Der fliegende Holländer am 25., 28. und 31. März 2025 übernimmt Patrick Lange die Musikalische […]

The image below has gone up on a wall at the stage door of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC, days after the Veep was booed at a symphony concert.   View […]

A Hannover musician convicted of trying to poison two of his colleagues in the Schleswig-Holstein Symphonty Orchestra is back in court today after a superior court overturned part of the original verdict of attempted murder. […]

The Polar Music Prize for 2025 was announced this morning. The recipients are singer-condcutor Barbara Hannigan, the jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and the legacy rock group, Queen. Each receives a million Swedish crowns (US$93,897) and […]

The violinist Linus Roth, artistic director of Festival Ibiza Conciertos, is keen to avoid the irritation of paying by cash or card. He says: ‘Ibiza has always been a hub of innovation and creativity, exactly […]

It became known today that Graham Parker has left the Louisville Orchestra, where he was CEO for just under three years. He left on February 28. The orchestra said it delayed sharing the information ‘out […]