Kia Motors secures Strad for Korean soloist
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang has received the long-term use of the 1702 ‘Thunis’ Stradivarius, once owned by the widow of Eugène Ysaye. The loan was made by Kia Motors, for whom Kang now acts as a […]
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Scientists say cellists have more stress than violinists
Scientists at King’s College London believe they can accurately predict changes in musicians’ heart rates while playing. The experiment collected data on the heart rates of musicians playing the Andante con moto from Schubert’s Trio […]
The first girls in Regensburg
The Cathedral in Regensburg, home of the last Pope, allowed girls into its choir for the first time this week. The post The first girls in Regensburg appeared first on Slippedisc.
Ruth Leon recommends… Powell or Charisse?
Powell v Charisse A delicious rivalry has emerged among my dance-mad readers following my assertion that Eleanor Powell was the greatest movie tap dancer of all time, Fred Astaire included. Outrage in the ranks! What […]
Who by fire?
During Covid, a group of synagogue cantors segued the Leonard Cohen song back into its New Year original. The soloist Julia Danielle Smulson is a real jazz talent, winner of an Ella Fitzgerald award. The […]
Where Arts meet Science: An Association Weekend at Churchill College, Cambridge:
Where Art Meets Science: Martin, Campbell, Mendelssohn-Hensel, plus Professor Dame Athene Donald (speaker). Marsyas Trio; Rosalyn Hart, Emily Chung (violins); Rachel Stott (viola); Ewan Campbell (double-bass). Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Cambridge, 28.09.2024 Manu Martin Lim […]
Masters of Wit
Composer and pianist Louis Mander, fresh from the premiere of his opera The Waves (inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel) at the Oslo Opera Festival, is joining forces with narrator Zeb Soanes and tenor Will Diggle for an […]
Eternity In An Hour: a unique reimagining of the Bhagavad Gita
ETERNITY IN AN HOUR – Jess Dandy and Keval Shah by Clare Park On Tuesday 15 October at Oxford International Song Festival, contralto Jess Dandy and pianist Keval Shah will give the world premiere of […]
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Here be monsters: Music in the Round presents Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze
Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze was commissioned and first performed in 2015 by the Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle. A modern re-telling of the myth of the Minotaur (there is […]
Valery Gergiev builds concert hall in his home town
It has emerged that the all-poweful chief of the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky has ordered a 500-seat concert hall in his home town of Vladikavkaz, in northern Ossetia. The hall was constructed in an abandoned […]
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