Queer appointment at Curtis
The Curtis Institute of Music has added Noël Wan to its harp faculty, starting this month. Wan, who is presently assistant professor of harp and entrepreneurship at Florida State University, says: ‘It is an honor […]
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Face it, who on earth would turn down the Met’s Saudi lifeline?
There is not one opera house in the world that would walk away from a $100 million gift, least of all the Metropolitan Opera of New York which has just drawn down more than that […]
Handel’s Alexander’s Feast at the Proms
Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75 (1742 version) Librettist: John Dryden Performers: Hilary Cronin (soprano) – Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor) – Stuart Jackson (tenor) Conductor – Peter Whelan; Irish Baroque Chorus & Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, London, 30 […]
Music connects all of us, and people can create on all levels: RNS Moves to make its London debut
RNS Moves RNS Moves, the ensemble made up of professional disabled musicians and non-disabled members of Royal Northern Sinfonia, will make its London debut on 21 September at Kings Place, performing a programme that brings […]
US dentist kills wife and violinist daughter
From the NY Post: A Georgia dentist — whose “primary goal” was to make patients smile — murdered his wife and teenage daughter before killing himself inside their $1.7 million home in a suspected murder-suicide. […]
Just in: The Met strikes Saudi rescue deal
The Metropolitan Opera has agreed to play three weeks each winter in Saudi Arabia in a deal said to be worth $100 million a year. Without it, the company was going to the wall, drawing […]
Three orchestras mourn their music director, 57
The Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada, has announced the death of Robert Franz, its music director for the past 12 years. Franz, 57, was also music director of the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra and artistic […]
Britten Pears Arts has embarked on the first phase of a £13.8 million Capital Programme to upgrade facilities at Snape Maltings
Snape Maltings, Britten Pears (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Arts organisation spends lots of money – that ought to be a common enough headline but in today’s climate large-scale spending in the arts is becoming rarer. […]
BBC Symphony hires 3 cellists and a co-principal clarinet
Fresh out of college, more or less – Co-Principal clarinet Adam Lee and cellists Jane Lindsay, Angus McCall and Wallis Power. The post BBC Symphony hires 3 cellists and a co-principal clarinet appeared first on […]
Just in: Janine Jansen cancels tonight
The Dutch violinist, unwell, has cancelled the Vienna Konzerthaus tonight. Alena Baeva (pic) is flying in to replace her in the Prokofiev first concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Klaus Mäkelä. The post Just in: […]
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