classical music

The incoming music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra is to be James S. Kahane, 28. Like so many sticks these fays, he speaks fluent Finnish. Kahane studied in Sakari Oramo’s conducting class at the […]

Here’s a new statement from musical leaders, in condemnation of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw: We, the undersigned, wish to express our strongest indignation at the decision to cancel the Jerusalem String Quartet’s two performances at the […]

Amid the fury of thousands of musicians at the Concertgebouw’s cancellation of the Jerusalem Quartet, one institution has gone silent. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO), resident at the hall though independently managed, has uttered not […]

The commercial station is making virtue of necessity by proclaiming it now has 4.4 million weekly listeners. This is historically its lowest-ever reach. It marks the continuation of a long-running decline resulting from a failure […]

The late Sir Andrew Davis was due to conduct Prom 53 on August 30. His sudden death last month has led to a revised concert, conducted by Martin Brabbins: the first half remains the same […]

Winchester Cathedral, having farewelled its director of music Andrew Lumsden two weeks ago, has quietly advertised for an interim successor. The ad appears only on the cathedral website and applications close next week. Interviews will […]

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has appointed Mark Wigglesworth as Chief Conductor for the next three years. Two months ago Wigglesworth took on the same position at Bournemouth. The commuting could be tiresome. Wigglesworth said: ‘“I […]

We hear this morning that the influential German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has joined the petition to the Concertgebouw management in Amsterdam to reinstate two concerts it cancelled by the Jerusalem Quartet, supposedly for security reasons. […]

Musicians in Hamburg and Lisbon are in shock over the death of Pedro Freire, former principal trumpet of the Elbphilharmonie and the Gulbenkian orchestras. No cause has yet been made known. The Gulbenkian site has […]

National Gallery – Picture of the Month Click here to watch The National Gallery’s Picture of the Month for May is Piero della Francesca’s ‘The Baptism of Christ’ and, In celebration of the Gallery’s 200th […]