Friends have reported that the quietly influential minimalist composer Tom Johnson died this morning at the age of 85. As critic for the Village Voice in the 1970s, he tracked the rise of Glass-Reich type […]
Message from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, posted on Youtube: Thank you to everyone who’s supported the CBSO this past year. We can’t wait to bring you even more joy in 2025! Before the […]
The death has been made known of the international dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, one of the most original dance talents to emerge from southern Africa. The national broadcaster SABC says she passed away ‘after […]
The soprano Loretta Di Franco Pinto, who sang 929 times at the Metropolitan Opera from 1961 to 1995, has died at the age of 82. She lit up the stage, generally in secondary roles, although […]
Early and late feature heavily in this year’s selection, but in the middle a pair of individual performances stand out. The white-hot dramatic impetus of John Osborn’s account of the title role in Meyerbeer’s Le prophète […]
Winner of the 1965 Leventritt Competition at Carnegie Hall, with Leonard Bernstein on the jury, Han Tong-il was the first Korean to come top in any international piano contest. Son of a timpanist in the […]
The composer Toru Fuyuki, famed for the science-fiction TV series Ultraseven, has died at 89. Fuyuki was dubbed ‘Father of Ultra Music’ for his use of special effects. Under his real name, Shoko Maita, he […]
A pair of hit-spinners* on Classic FM are the standout names in the King’s bleak New Year’s List. Others honoured include the organist Michael Harris, Master of the Music at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, […]
The death has been reported of Ted Chance, principal horn of the Orchestra Of St John’s Smith Square and the English Sinfonia, and a regular member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. A busy freelancer, Ted […]
The US jazz bassist Barre Phillips, resident in France for more than half a century, died in Mexico at the weekend at the age of 90. Founder of the European Improvisation Centre, he was a […]
