Spotify turns a profit (you don’t)
The Swedish music app has published results for the final quarter of 2024, its first full year of profitability. Revenue rose 16 per cent year-on-year to €4.2 billion. Users grew by 12 percent to 675 […]
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Vienna loses an iconic establishment
The Musikverein in Vienna has been home to the music publisher Universal Edition since 1914. That arrangement has now come to an end, reports Axel Brüggemann. The publisher has (been) given notice to leave by […]
Sad death of viola legend, 71
The Italian Viola Association has shared news of the death of Massimo Paris, principal viola of I Musici da Roma from 1977 to 2022 and founder member of the Stradivari Quartet. Massimo, who was 71, […]
Field, Beethoven and Alice Sara Ott: her new release, and Southbank recital
John Field – Nocturne No.17 in C, H 61Beethoven – Piano Sonata in G minor, Op.49/1John Field – Nocturnes: No.1 in E-flat, H 24; No.2 in C minor, H 25; No.4 in A, H 36; No.10 in E, […]
Maestro turns 90
The highly accomplished Polish conductor Tadeusz Strugała turns 90 this week. Never a limelight seeker, he was music director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra and of the Turkish presidential orchestra. But his closest involvements were […]
When Puccini went to war over Mimi
That Bastard Puccini is the title of a new play coming to the London stage by former Gramophone editor, James Inverne. It recounts the race between Puccini and Leoncavallo to compose an opera on La […]
A woman on the edge: Cherubini’s Médée in the original French version yet given a powerful modern twist with Joyce El-Khoury in the title role
Cherubini: Médée – Lila Dufy, Joyce El-Khoury in Act One – Opéra Comique (Photo: Stefan Brion) Cherubini: Médée; Joyce El-Khoury, Julien Behr, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Lila Dufy, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, director: Marie-Ève Signeyrole, Insula Orchestra, conductor: Laurence […]
Classical music just got simpler
A study by researchers at the Sapienza University of Rome has detected ‘a trend of simplification across all music genres’. ‘Our analysis indicates that even enduring genres like classical and jazz have undergone a noticeable […]
Just in: Remote US orchestra gets $60 million gift
An anonymous donor has made one of the largest known bequests to an orchestra, and it’s going to Sarasota, in the state of Florida, The money will go to building a 1,700-seat concert hall and […]
Death of a British composer, 65
We have been notified of the death from cancer of Nicholas Wilton, a prolific composer of choral music for the Roman Catholic church. His work has been extensively recorded. The post Death of a British […]
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