The violist Mathieu Herzog who quit the outstanding Quatuor Ébène a decade ago to pursue a conducting career, has been appointed artistic director of the Glanum Festival at Saint Rémy de Provence. The Orchestre Appassionato […]
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits at Bristol Beacon (Photo: Giulia Spadafora) Bristol Beacon reopened in November 2023 following a radical transformation which has seen significant improvement in the appearance and function of the main […]
The Wolverhampton Society has affixed a blue plaque to the house where one of the friends mentioned in Enigma Variations lived. Known to Elgar as Dorabella, Dora lived with her father the Rev Alfred Penny, […]
The Edinburgh International Festival has appointed two new heads of artistic management and music programming. Paul Sharp and Nick Zekulin will cover for director Nicola Benedetti, who is on maternity leave. Zekulin (pic) is general […]
Messiaen: Hawari – Gweneth Ann Rand, Simon Lepper – Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival (Photo Britten Pears Arts) Judith Weir: Blond Eckbert; English Touring Opera, dir. Robin Norton-Hale, cond. Gerry CorneliusMessiaen song-cycles; Gweneth Ann […]
The Pittsburgh Symphony has promoted violinist Justine Campagna to Associate Concertmaster and Dylan Naroff to Assistant Concertmaster. In the cellos, Dale Jeong has been named Associate Principal Cello and Yun-Ya Lo joins as a section […]
The Peruvian Dayner Tafur-Díaz has won the Siemens Conductors Competition with a prize of studying in the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Tafur-Díaz, 26, stood out among 68 contestants from 29 countries. The post […]
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The Shire Hall, Presteigne; photographed by Percy Benzie Abery c. 1910s This year’s Presteigne Festival, the 42nd, runs from 22 to 26 August 2024, bringing music and art to the Welsh Marches. For 2024, the festival […]
Founded four years ago by artistic director Joshua Ballance, the High Barnet Chamber Music Festival is returning with three concerts from 29 June to 12 July 2024 at St John the Baptist Church and the new […]
Melia Simonot, winner of inaugural BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of the Year 21-year-old accordion player Melia Simonot was announced as the winner of BBC Radio Scotland’s inaugural Young Classical Musician of the Year competition, […]
