Watch: Wilhelm Kempff, 75, reimagines Mozart
Extraordinary footage from 1970 of the German pianist at his most organic. The post Watch: Wilhelm Kempff, 75, reimagines Mozart appeared first on Slippedisc.
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Job of the Week: Early closing
Leave work before 1700: The Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge wishes to appoint a musicologist specialising in the period before c.1700 to the post of Assistant Professor, starting on 1 January 2025 […]
The most vivid recital disc of the year
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The first we heard of Magdalena Kožená was a mid-1990s album of Bach arias, recorded when she was 22. The voice was at once light and dark — […]
Exclusive: A case of revenge porn
We understand that the Houston Symphony has suspended its principal horn, Bill VerMeulen, for the rest of the season. Houston is about to host the League of American Orchestras conference and it does not want […]
The celebrity cook who learned by Suzuki method
The culinary phenomenon Kenji López-Alt is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who plays music where and whenever he can. Speaking Soundly to Met principal trumpet David Krauss, he learned to play violin at […]
Korean composer wins first Fanny prize
The first Fanny Mendelssohn composing prize, worth 10,000 Euros, has been awarded to Sunghyun Lee, 28, from Seoul. He is presently studying in Frankfurt. The post Korean composer wins first Fanny prize appeared first on […]
Vienna Philharmonic mourns a concertmaster
We have received confirmation of the death on Monday of Werner Hink, a cherished member of the Vienna Philharmonic from 1965. Hink, who was 81, was hugely influential at the Pacific Music Festival Sapporo, where […]
Creating something remarkable: Fatma Said & Joseph Middleton in Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, de Falla, Obradors & Hankash
Joseph Middleton and Fatma Said – Milton Court concert hall, Barbican (Photo: Mark Allan / Barbican) Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, de Falla: Siete canciones populares, Obradors, Najib Hankash; Fatma Said, Joseph Middleton; Milton Court concert hall, […]
Whispers of Tradition: (re)inventions for recorder
Winner of the 2021 Deutscher Musikwettbewerb, Max Volber carries forward the Baroque tradition of insatiable transcribing in his new disc. He is heard as recorder player on this disc, but is also an active harpsichordist, […]
Dear Alma says: I cannot advise you
A first from our seen-it-all agony aunt: Dear Alma, Remember me? I’m the North German orchestral player who smeared dogshit in a colleague’s mouthpiece after he grabbed my ass. We are still both suspended. The […]
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