Then enterprising siooloist Charles Castleman has entrusted his 1707 ‘Marquis de Champeaux’ Stradivarius violin to the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels. Castleman came fifth in the Queen Elisabeth competition in 1963 and maintained a […]
The gifted Adam Hickox has been named chief coinductor of the Trindheim Symphony Orchestra in Norway from next year. He made his debut with them two months ago in Verdi’s Requiem. Adam is 28. In […]
The conductor has posted a memorial notice for the Slovak violinist and violist Peter Zelienka, a key player in Frankfurt’s HR symphony orchestra since 1993. Zelienka was also founder-violist of the Haba Quartet and, lately, […]
Alexandra Dariescu (Photo: Nick Rutter) Back in 2018, I met up with pianist Alexandra Dariescu [see my interview] to chat about The Nutcracker and I, her innovative stage performance blending live piano music and dance […]
Donizetti L’elisir d’amore (sung in English, transl. Amanda Holden). Soloists; chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Teresa Riveira Böhm. London Coliseum, 20.11.2024 Production: Stage director – Harry Fehr Set designer – Nicky Shaw […]
Judith Jamison One of the greatest dancers I ever saw, Judith Jamison, died this week and I would be remiss if I didn’t pay tribute to this beautiful woman who changed the world of contemporary […]
Leo Geyer, a doctoral student at Oxford University has unearthed a manuscript of Kołysanka (Lullaby), composed in Auschwitz in 1941 by a Polish political prisoner, Adam Kopyciński. The composer survived the camp and lived on […]
France Musique have uploaded a thoughtful reading of the first cello concerto a couple of weeks ago by rising contender Edgar Moreau. Well worth half an hour of your viewing life. The post […]
From the review: … I wrote of Songs of Fate in February 2024: Kremer’s commitment to playing the violin at an age when most colleagues have long turned to conducting shows how closely he regards […]
The Dutch conductor, ousted after a six-year spell at the New York Philharmonic, has been named artist in residence with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan. He is also music director of the Seoul Philharmonic […]
