The Hilbert Agency’s transition this year from founder Germinal Hilbert to successor Andreas Dellert has hit a bump in the road. They have recruited Patrick Esser from the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus to put them back on […]
Message received: The DePaul University School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Francesco Milioto as Music Director and Conductor of the DePaul Symphony Orchestra, beginning in the fall of 2025 with the […]
BBC Radio 3 has made a quiet arrangement with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields to help train its New Generation Artists. Pianist Julius Asal (pictured) has been chosen as the first ASMF […]
Aristo Sham, winner of this year’s Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, has signed with Intermusica New York for worldwide general management. He will looked after by Martin Wittenberg (New York) and David O’Leary (London). The […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "BBC Proms: Two tempests, a fire and a swan, Thomas Adès conducts Sibelius, Gabriella Smith & his own music with BBC Symphony Orchestra")
Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests – James McVinnie, Thomas Adès, BBC Symphony OrchestraBBC Proms (Photo: Andy Paradise/BBC) Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests, Thomas Adès: Five Spells from The Tempest, Sibelius: The Tempest […]
Message received: Serbian cellist Maja Bogdanović had a brush with the law when passing through Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Her bag triggered a red alert at security and within seconds she was surrounded by five policemen. […]
Backstage Classical reports: The Concerto Vocale Foundation and the Tölzer Knabenchor are strongly distancing themselves from conductor Julian Wachner following his arrest in the USA. Wachner, who is accused of, among other things, possession of […]
A judge in Colorado has set bail at $25,000 for John Shin to be set free, pending an immigration hearing. That is more than Shin earns in a year. Reporter Allison Sherry of CPR News […]
Canada’s National Arts Centre last night appointed John Storgårds as the eighth music director of its resident orchestra. Storgårds, 62, is also chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester. Storgårds is Finnish. So is […]
It’s three jobs in two cities: I am happy to announce that I will begin three new positions in coming seasons: Creative Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Creativity and Innovation Chair of the Philharmonie […]
