Here are the classical winners, relegated this year to the industry’s bottom rung, several slots below children’s albums. Dude is still a big draw among Hollywood voters. The LA Phil’s recording of Gabriela Ortiz’s Revolución […]
Janáček: Jenůfa – Corinne Winters, Karita Mattila – Royal Opera (Photo: Camilla Greenwell/RBO) Janáček: Jenůfa; Corinne Winters, Karita Mattila, Nicky Spence, Thomas Atkins, Hanna Schwarz, director: Claus Guth/Oliver Platt, conductor: Jakub Hrůša; Royal Opera HouseReviewed […]
Jessica Duchen’s forthcoming biography of Myra Hess gets all steamed up when it comes to the young pianist’s love for the rising composer Arnold Bax. There were a couple of impediments. Bax had a wife […]
Litle has ever been seen or heard in music circles of Vera Ligeti, who was twice married to the major modernist György Ligeti. They wed in Budsapest in 1952, when she was 22 and he […]
The 5th Basel Composition Competition gave its results today in the Paul Sacher Saal. 1. Prize: “Nine Odes to the Night” by Qianchen Lu (SFr60,000 + 5,000 audience prize) 2. Prize: “The Gaze of Nmemosyne” […]
Schubert Birthday Concert – Ammiel Bushakevitz, Konstantin Krimmel – Wigmore Hall (Image from Live Stream) Schubert Birthday Concert: Schubert, Loewe; Konstantin Krimmel, Ammiel Bushakevitz; Wigmore HallReviewed 31 January 2025 Schubert’s Birthday at Wigmore Hall with […]
Well, Qatar has one, so why not? press release: FUJAIRAH, UAE: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, has officially announced the establishment of the Fujairah Philharmonic Orchestra. This initiative aims […]
This is the famed Philharmonic Hall in Odesa, incubator of a century of musical talent. The Russians lit into it with drones this weekend. In total, last night, the Russians launched 165 missiles and […]
The composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi grew up with one ancestor as post-War president of Italy and another as its leading literary publisher. What chance did he have in life? If I could re-live any […]
Footage of the Vienna Philharmonic ball, posted by Anna Netrebko: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna Netrebko (@anna_netrebko_yusi_tiago) The post Dancing on the edge of a volcano appeared first […]
