classical music

From our agony aunt’s mailbox – another slice of music life in the raw: Dear Alma, A former male leader of a well-respected European orchestra was teaching at a music festival this summer. He is […]

This week’s #1 is Yunchan Lim with … not his finest hour. But the fans are out in force. Here’s the Apple top ten exclusive to slippedisc.com. 1 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Yunchan Lim 2 Beethoven […]

We hear the Orchestre de Paris is about to name Esa-Pekka Salonen as its next music director. The official word is expected within hours. E-P, who is 67, will replace his fellow-Finn Klaus Mäkelä, whose […]

The Southwestphalia Philharmonic has chosen Ingmar Beck as its chief conductor, starting a year from now. He is a former chorister at Augsburg Cathedral and a winner of the Aspen conducting prize. The post Baton […]

An advisory about interval bells has been issued in the website’s disability section: ‘The bell is loud and can be startling. It is rung ten minutes before the show starts and at each interval.’  So […]

The Italian ballerina Alessandra Ferri starts work today as director of the Vienna State Ballet, taking responsibility for ballet to both the Staatsoper and Volksoper, and at the Ballet Academy. Ferri, 62, has starred as […]

News from the Grafenegg Festival: Zubin Mehta has had to cancel his appearance at the Grafenegg Festival on September 7. Daniel Barenboim will conduct the concert with Rudolf Buchbinder and the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower […]

The 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition  was decided overnight in Canada. The winners come from Cinicinnati and are known as the Poiesis Quartet. A peculiar press rerlease goes on to designate their preferred modes […]