LSO leader steps down
The London Symphony Orchestra has made it known that its veteran leader Carmine Lauri has played his last concert and is returning to his native Malta after nearly three decades. Lauri first played in the […]
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And another New York opera closes down
On Site Opera has just announced shut down. The decision to sunset was driven by an increasingly challenging environment in funding for the arts combined with rising operational costs. These factors have made it significantly […]
Another false start for NY City Opera?
City Opera believers have shown more fiather in the resurrection than most Christians, always to be disappointed. Here is the latest PR spin: New York City Opera has an 80-year legacy of bringing affordable, innovative […]
Just in: Kirill Petrenko cancels Berlin Philharmonic
Message just received: It is with great regret that due to health reasons, Kirill Petrenko has to cancel the concerts from 29 to 31 January 2025. The Berliner Philharmoniker and Frank Peter Zimmermann are very […]
Just in: UK’s top oboe steps down
The Britten Sinfonia has announced the retirement of kits foounding oboe Nicholas Daniel after 33 years. His co-principal Peter Facer will take on the full position. Nick, 63, says: At a time and at an […]
Breaking: Wales cancels music degrees
Cardiff University announced today that it is cutting 400 jobs, closing the school of nursing and getting rid of numerous degree courses in the humanities. Among the subjects to be axed is music. The music […]
Exclusive: Top pianist is hit by a car
Last Saturday morning, the British pianist Paul Lewis had finished his shopping at Tesco’s superstore in Amersham and was heading off to rehearse Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for […]
The most selfless recital I’ve ever heard
In April 2023 we reported that the Putin police had broken up a Shostakovich and Weinberg recital by Polina Osetinskaya, a pianist who spoke out against the Ukraine invasion. Since then, Polina has struggled to […]
William Vann & the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital return to the studio for more Elgar gems on SOMM
Elgar wrote a remarkable amount of choral music ranging from the small-scale to the huge oratorios. Most choral singers will be familiar with his remarkable unaccompanied choral gems, Owls and There is Sweet Music, but […]
From the London Eye to the Northern Lights: BBC Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century
The London Eye (Photo: Diego Delso, Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0) On Saturday 25 January, BBC Radio 3 launched 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century, its sequence of 25 commissions celebrating and commemorating some of […]
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