The Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada, has announced the death of Robert Franz, its music director for the past 12 years. Franz, 57, was also music director of the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra and artistic […]
Snape Maltings, Britten Pears (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Arts organisation spends lots of money – that ought to be a common enough headline but in today’s climate large-scale spending in the arts is becoming rarer. […]
Fresh out of college, more or less – Co-Principal clarinet Adam Lee and cellists Jane Lindsay, Angus McCall and Wallis Power. The post BBC Symphony hires 3 cellists and a co-principal clarinet appeared first on […]
The Dutch violinist, unwell, has cancelled the Vienna Konzerthaus tonight. Alena Baeva (pic) is flying in to replace her in the Prokofiev first concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Klaus Mäkelä. The post Just in: […]
The Hilbert Agency’s transition this year from founder Germinal Hilbert to successor Andreas Dellert has hit a bump in the road. They have recruited Patrick Esser from the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus to put them back on […]
Message received: The DePaul University School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Francesco Milioto as Music Director and Conductor of the DePaul Symphony Orchestra, beginning in the fall of 2025 with the […]
BBC Radio 3 has made a quiet arrangement with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields to help train its New Generation Artists. Pianist Julius Asal (pictured) has been chosen as the first ASMF […]
Aristo Sham, winner of this year’s Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, has signed with Intermusica New York for worldwide general management. He will looked after by Martin Wittenberg (New York) and David O’Leary (London). The […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "BBC Proms: Two tempests, a fire and a swan, Thomas Adès conducts Sibelius, Gabriella Smith & his own music with BBC Symphony Orchestra")
Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests – James McVinnie, Thomas Adès, BBC Symphony OrchestraBBC Proms (Photo: Andy Paradise/BBC) Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests, Thomas Adès: Five Spells from The Tempest, Sibelius: The Tempest […]
Message received: Serbian cellist Maja Bogdanović had a brush with the law when passing through Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Her bag triggered a red alert at security and within seconds she was surrounded by five policemen. […]
