Bruckner from the Archives, Volume 1
The first of two releases on the Somm label this weekend (in their “Ariadne’ series), this is also the first in their stunning ongoing Bruckner From the Archives series. It seems to have a twofold […]
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Ruth Leon recommends… Silk Roads – Curators Tour – British Museum
Silk Roads Rather than a single trade route between ‘East’ and ‘West’ the Silk Roads were an overlapping network that connected Asia, Africa and Europe. Today, with the enthusiastic help of curators Sue Brunning, Luk Yu-ping, Elisabeth […]
A different kind of period practice
PR release: Chicago, IL, February 2025 – Endometriosis Awareness Month highlights the chronic condition affecting 11% of American women, but everyone who menstruates deals with the monthly pain. As science looks into the relationship between […]
Baton twirl: Costa Rica imports Spaniard
Andrés Salado has been appointed principal and artistic director of the Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra, starting this month. Salado is presently in charge of Spain’s Extremadura Orchestra. The post Baton twirl: Costa Rica imports […]
Label news: Decca signs US harpist
Decca Records US has signed the harpist Ashley Jackson who mixes classical music with Black spirituals. Ashley’s debut album, Take Me To The Water, is out next month. Sample it here. The post Label news: […]
The long read: Fresh allegations against Houston horn
In May last year, Rice University in Texas fired horn professor William VerMeulen after allegations of sexual misconduct with female students, which he denied. VerMeulen was suspended for two months from playing in the Houston […]
There are days when only Elgar will do
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: There are days when only Elgar will do. When the skies are low and the politics grim, a wash of Elgarian orchestral colour relieves existential gloom like no […]
Violinist, 18, is killed by hit-and-run driver
The young Turkish violinist Laçin Akyol, a music student in Switzerland, has been killed by a speeding car while visiting home in Mersin. The driver has been placed under house arrest. Laçin, whose parents are […]
Speaking Soundly: Sometimes you have a really rough night
David Krauss’s guest this week on Speaking Soundly is jazz singer and Macarthur Fellow Cécile McLorin Salvant, who comes out as a Puccini obssessive. She says: ‘I wonder what it would be like to be […]
The New Voices Singing Competition returns to the Northern Aldborough Festival in North Yorkshire for its third edition this year
2024 New Voices Singing Competition: judging panel – Sir Andrew Lawson-Tancred, Robert Ogden, Edward Gardner OBE, Sholto Kynoch, Judith le Breuilly, George Ireland, Sir John Tomlinson; winners – Clara Orif and Jack Redman The New Voices […]
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