Der Standard has uncovered low practices at the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, a privately owned enterprise that plays in wigs at the rented Musikverein for the benefit of unwitting tourists. It appears that musician fees in […]
Christie’s London have a couple of interesting Wagner lots coming up next month. The first draft of the Tannhäuser libretto is expected to make six figures. Also under the hammer is a draft fragment for […]
Fred Szczepanski was preparing to retire as music director of St. Francis Catholic Church in Traverse City, Michigan, when a new priest discovered he had entered a same-sex marriage with his partner four years ago. […]
The Australian conductor Jessica Cottis followed her agent Naomi Ives last year when Ives quit IMG to join K D Schmid. Cottis has now walked out on Ives to rejoin IMG. It’s the season of […]
We gather that Juilliard has summarily fired a professor of violin after he was caught in what is said to be ‘a lewd act’. Apart from two witnesses who opened the door of his studio […]
Katarzyna Kowalik Whilst the harpsichord has been used in contemporary music since the early 20th century, it still gives off the aura of a ‘period instrument’. Harpsichordist Katarzyna Kowalik wants to change that. Her new […]
For 2025, the Buxton International Festival is returning to its roots and looking to the future. The company will be mounting a new production of Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet, which was one of the festival’s earliest […]
It is all change at the London Handel Festival. As announced previously by festival director Gregory Batsleer, the festival has a new artistic advisor, Jonathan Cohen, whilst Cohen’s group Arcangelo becomes the principal ensemble in […]
The French army choir did us proud during Keir Starmer’s Armistice Day visit to Paris. “God save the King” by the choir of the French Army under the Arc de Triomphe Goosebumps, chair de […]
The Dover Quartet, based at Curtis, just saw violist Julianne Lee walk out after less than a year, reverting to her old orchestra job. Now violinist Joel Link, ‘cannot perform due to unforeseen circumstances’. He’s […]
