If you’re spending Christmas in Perth, Australia, take care before attending Roman Catholic Midnight Mass. More than a dozen members of St Mary’s Cathedral choir will be staying away in protest at the dismissal of […]
We have learned of the death of Jaroslav Mihule, noted authority on the life and works of Bohuslav Martinu and artistic administration at leading Czech opera houses. Jaroslav was 90. The post Czech […]
The Finnish music world has been shocked by the sudden death of Eriikka Maalismaa, a former concertmaster of the Helsinki Philharmonic, at the age of 44. Eriika was more than just a leader of orchestras. […]
From our agony aunt’s seasonal mailbag: Dear Alma, You know the saying ‘two drinks and she’s anyone’s’? That’s me. Year round I’ll take the elderberry juice at post-concert receptions and the mineral water at dinner. […]
Recently, we covered two operas extracted from Puccini’s Il trittico: at ENO: Suor Angelica (review here) and, on DVD from Florence, Il tabarro (review here). So it is only right we consider the full deal […]
Kandinsky He likened abstract art to music, writing, “Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmony, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand which plays, touching one key […]
There have been some irreparable losses. Germany mourned its two foremost composers, the bust conductors Andrew Davis and Leif Segerstam stopped beating, the world’ foremost Jewish liturgist sang his last and we paused to mourn […]
The prolific international conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, diagnosed with a brain tumour more than three years ago, has battled through and is still undertaking engagements. In our Lebrecht Interview last summer, he flourished brilliant memories […]
We hear that Stephen Rose, former head of violin studies, has quit the sinking Cleveland Institute of Music. We have not yet seen his resignation letter, but he’s at least the sixth faculty member to […]
The steady departure of cherished professors at the Cleveland Institute of Music has prompted this ‘unsettling’ holiday message from the Associate Dean for Academic Operations and Student Success. Stephen Rose is the latest in a […]
