In a prime case of maestro pulling power Gustavo Dudamel has secured for the New York Philharmonic the world premiere of an unplayed score by Maurice Ravel. ‘Prélude et danse’ from Ravel’s early work Sémiramis […]
The Berlin culture senator Joe Chialo has outraged the arts industries by imposing budget cuts in excess of ten percent. Some are now questioning his shelf-life after Chancellor Scholz described him, in a private exchange, […]
Southwark Cathedral has named Helen Smee as its next Director of Music. She is presently director of Frideswide Voices, the girls’ choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Before that, she was at Worcester College. She […]
Supreme Classics will be rolled out next week at a posh Vienna venue, the Grand Hotel Wien. The launch album is titled Italiana! Not sure yet who’s funding it. They say: The music world is […]
Overnight message: LOS ANGELES (February 13, 2025) – The LA Phil announced today engagement extensions for two longtime collaborators: Herbie Hancock will continue his role as Creative Chair for Jazz through May 2027 and Thomas […]
This was in 2008, apparently. Why has the music industry tolerated this monster? View this post on Instagram A post shared by @thepersianjewess The post Amy Winehouse was first to call out racist […]
.jpg.webp?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Music in the Museum: London Transport Museum's Transported by Culture: Music presents a weekly programme of music in the museum's gallery")
Starting today (14 February 2025) and running until 24 October 2025, the London Transport Museum’s Transported by Culture: Music presents a weekly programme of music in the museum’s gallery at 2pm every Friday, apart from holidays. The young musicians […]
This is an extraordinary reading of an extraordinary piece. Jérémie Rohrer came o the piece afresh, escheiwing recorded versions. He performs it at A = 430 Hz (which apart from its historical prescience, helps the […]
.png?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Make some noise to save the School of Music: Musicians gather in mass demonstration to protest proposed axing of Cardiff University’s School of Music on Saturday 22 February")
Last month (28 January), Cardiff University confirmed plans to close Cardiff University School of Music, a facility that has produced outstanding musicians, boasting a wealth of alumni, including lWelsh composers Karl Jenkins, Grace Williams and […]
‘Someone must have slandered Josef K, for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.’ This is the famous opening line of Franz Kafka’s novel Der Prozess (The Trial). Gottfried von Einem’s opera […]
