Gustav Klimt The beginning of the 20th century was a febrile time in Viennese culture. It witnessed the fall of the Austro-Hungary empire, gave birth at the same time to the thinking of Sigmund Freud […]
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Beitain’s oldest orchestra, has appointed Vanessa Reed as its next chief executive, succeeding Michael Eakin who is retiring in June. Reed has been President and CEO of New Music USA since […]
A welcome message from the Cleveland Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra is pleased to announce that Music Director Franz Welser-Möst will return to Cleveland earlier than expected to lead an additional subscription week on February 27-28 […]
Works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were played at the first symphonic concert since the fall of the Assad regime. The conductor was the Syrian-Armenian Missak Baghboudarian. In the audience was health minister Maher al-Sharaa, brother of […]
Schloss Ludwigslust where Johann Matthias Sperger was based from 1789 until his death(Photo: Matthias Süßen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0) Johann Matthias Sperger (1750-1812) was a name that was new to me. He was […]
When Jessica Lee resigned from the front desk of the Cleveland Orchestra last April, she said it was to teach fulltime at the Cleveland Institute of Music. But plans change. Last night, Jessica signed on […]
The ascendant American tenor joined Centre Stage Management in Berlin in August 2022. CSM is owned by Universal Music and convenient for Tetelman’s exclusive recording label, Deutsche Grammophon. But something didn’t click and the tenor […]
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities has been scrapped in an executive order, it was discovered overnight. Past members of the largely symbolic committee include Frank Sinatra and Yo Yo Ma. Present […]
Le Sommeil, collective of musicians originally from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, has released a new EP and two videos to herald their upcoming debut album, featuring works by George Frideric Handel, Marin Marais, and John […]
Rattle’s next concerts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra will focus on Historically Informed Performance. The BRSO say: Large symphony orchestras have so far hardly dealt with baroque music played on historical instruments. Chief conductor […]
