Review: Martha bangs it out with Lahav
Review from Tel Aviv by Dan Yakir: The special chamber concert with Martha Argerich and Lahav Shani yesterday at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium was sold out. The hall has 2,500 seats and a few extra […]
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Carnegie Hall selects Asian-heavy national youth orchestra
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 […]
Two US orchestra CEOs quit
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 […]
Finns and scales: Baton bumps at Sibelius Academy
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 […]
Piano tutor dies in marital violence
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 […]
Stylistic irreverence and eclecticism: Zygmund de Somogyi & Temporal Harmonies Inc at Wigmore Hall
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 […]
Sad death of UK singing advocate, 61
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 […]
La Fenice has new boss
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 […]
Mozart to Mary Poppins: Nine days of masterclasses and performances, the Oxford Piano Festival
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 […]
Trailblazing conductor steps down
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 […]
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