From Norman Stinchcombe’s review of an excellent concert of English music, marred only by… To whoever is responsible: please, please (please x 10²) stop these meandering, tiresome, tedious Kazuki Yamada addresses to the audience. This […]
Birmingham Royal Ballet has communicated that CEO Caroline Miller will sadly be stepping down in April due to ill health. Caroline has been in charge for seven years, cov ering the Carlos Acosta era. She […]
Sotheby’s is selling the 1714 ’Joachim-Ma’ Stradivarius violin in Feburary, with estimates ranging from $12m to $18 million. All proceeds will go to the New England Consevatory of Music (NEC). The owner’s life story is […]
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has appointed a Venezuelan violinist, Gabriela Lara, to the first violin section. Gabriela was otating concertmaster of the CSO’s Civic Orchestra of Chicago until a year ago, when she joined the […]
The Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo has upgraded Riccardo Frizza from music director to artistic director. Frizza, 53, has served the festival as music director for the past eight years. Go figure. He says: ‘It […]
The incoming New York Philharmonic conductor was invited to contribute a ‘Turning Points’ article to the local newspaper. Probably ghosted, and ever so slightly pretentious. He begins: Lately I have been thinking about the relationship […]
Bavarian Radio has a rare interview with the shy and retiring German composer Max Richter, first choice for all classical stations with a ‘relaxing’ stream. Richter, 58, is from the Pied Piper’s town of Hamelin. […]
After a longer than expected absence for two leg surgeries, Christian Thielemann is back rehearsing at the Vienna State Opera. The work is a lifelong favourite – Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina, about a composer who showed […]
A Christmas tale to warm the heart here. Debbie Wiseman and Alan Titchmarsh isn’t a combination that immediately springs to mind, but here it is, and a very successful one at that. Titchmarsh has a […]
The Irish virtuoso, who turns 85 on December 8, has put up three golden flutes for sale at prices from £51,000 to £120,000 ($65-153,000). Sir James Galway, a Belfast lad who was principal flute of […]
