Strike at Opéra de Paris
Hey-ho, what else is new? The premiere of the ballet Paquita was cancelled on December 5 , half an hour after it should have started. Further performances on December 6 and 8 were also blacked […]
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UK star soprano quits UK management
The Welsh-Ukrainian soprano Natalya Romaniw, currently singing Tosca at Covent Garden, let it be known this morning that she is leaving Intermusica for more personal management. She will be represented for general management by Kristin […]
US revolutionary Marxist to be honoured at Royal Albert Hall
Women of the World have commissioned Master of the King’s Musick Errollyn Wallen to write a choral piece for International Women’s Day at the Royal Albert Hall. So far so nice. Now read this: WOW […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Fine-grained tone & classical style: Kyan Quartet in Beethoven, Schumann & Caroline Shaw at Conway Hall's Sunday Concert Series")
Fine-grained tone & classical style: Kyan Quartet in Beethoven, Schumann & Caroline Shaw at Conway Hall’s Sunday Concert Series
Andrey Razumovsky from 1810 by Austrian artist Lampi the Younger Caroline Shaw: Valencia, Schumann: Quartet in A, Op.41 No.3, Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte, Beethoven: Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2 ‘Razumovsky’; Kyan Quartet; Conway Hall Sunday ConcertsReviewed 8 […]
Depressing: Washington topples Beethoven with Vivaldi
Read here. It’s just too depressing for us to describe a school in the US capital in which the only composers the students ever heard of are LvB and the Venetian monk. The story was […]
Iceland mourns composer, 99
Jón Nordal, principal of the Reykjavík School of Music for 43 years, died on December 5 at the age of 99. He leaves behind large orchestral works and concertos, along with much chamber music, organ […]
Major quartet loses founder after 56 years
The University of St Andrews, in Fife, has let it be known that the distinguished violist Alan George ‘has very recently stepped aside from an extraordinary 56-year association with the Fitzwilliam Quartet.’ There has been […]
Carnegie goes dark as Janine cancels
Message from Carnegie Hall: Carnegie Hall today announced that violinist Janine Jansen must regrettably cancel her recital with pianist Denis Kozhukhin in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage scheduled for this Tuesday, December 10 due to […]
Netanyahu dodges court to attend Mahler concert
The Israeli prime minister is using all manner of excuses to avoid appearing in court tomorrow to face questioning in his long-running corruption trial. Among his excuses are the situation in Syria, accelerated negotiations with […]
Top Bolshoi ticket exceeds $1,000
The Nutcracker auction has ended in Moscow, with bids coming in from all over Russia for scarce and expensive tickets in the Bolshoi’s seasonal run of 18 shows. The starting price was 50,000 rubles. The […]
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