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The death has been reported of Choo Hoey, founder of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and an international conductor in Brussels, London, Oslo, Athens and Beijing. He was 90. National Arts Council Singapore writes: We are […]

We have learned of the sad death of Bjørn Kjellemyr, a Norwegian artist who played with such jazz greats as Terje Rypdal, Joe Henderson, Chet Baker, Art Farmer and Pat Metheny. Bjørn, who was 74, […]

From our critic in residence Alastair Macaulay: One of the great thrills of theatre-going is projection, the projection of the human body and the human voice in space. But which actors now try project their […]

From an interview with La Razon: ‘My opinion is useless and won’t change anything. What counts are the human beings, and above all the children who suffer and die even today, in 2025. We listen […]

The last guest in my current series on BBC Radio 3 is the pianist and composer Gabriela Montero. Exiled from Venezuela and an outspoken opponent of the regime, she has suffered prejudice in parts of […]

A panoply of politicians, writers and not-quite celebrities have written to the Guardian, urging the Royal Opera House to cancel the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, who will sing Tosca next month and Turandot later in […]