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Ever seen Percy Grainger play?

Ever seen Percy Grainger play?

A rare video has com to light from John Amis’s private archive. Grainger, in his 70s at the time, was not on top of his game, but fascinating nonetheless. He remains Australia’s most successful composer. […]

New team at Music@Menlo

New team at Music@Menlo

With the departure of founding artistic directors David Finckel and Wu Han, teir successors were announced today. It’s another twosome – cellist Dmitri Atapine and pianist Hyeyeon Park. The post New team at Music@Menlo appeared […]

New Zealand conductor dies, 46

New Zealand conductor dies, 46

The conductor, singer and teacher Andrew Withington died at the weekend with family at his bedside. Among early tributes, the New Zealand Choral Federation writes: ‘ It is with great sadness that we learned today […]

Just in: Czech Phil names next chief

Just in: Czech Phil names next chief

To no great surprise, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra has appointed the country’s most successful conductor, Jakub Hrůša, to be its next  music director from September 2028. He will succeed Semyon Bychkov who is retiring after […]