Youtube is hosting a Russian TV video featuring Mikhail Simonyan in occupied Ukraine, calling on more Russians to join the war. Simonyan is married to the Moscow mezzo Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, a world-class performer who is […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbox: Dear Alma I’m 21, at college doing pre-med. For recreation, I play the violin. I have a really good teacher and I have made huge progress this year. I can […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Gypsy Melodies (La dolce volta) **** I am not sure if the title of this album is even legal in Britain and the US. These days we refer […]
The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow has announced a gala concert on September 5, featuring the Tatar soprano Aida Garifullina. The Bolshoi website says: ‘The detailed programme is kept in secret and will be know just […]
The Spanish singer has posted this tribute to the late Italian television presenter, Pippo Baudo: Caro Pippo, thank you for accompanying us for so many years with your friendliness and great professionalism, entering the homes […]
The leading international harp competition, scheduled for December, has been shut down after only two contestants registered. It has not been specified whether the withdrawals were due to a Gaza-war boycott of Israel, or over […]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Marco Borelli) Schubert: Symphony No. 4 ‘Tragic’, Bruckner: Mass in F minor; Ying Fang, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Pavol Breslik, William Thomas, Konzertvereinignung Wiener Staatopenchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo […]
Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025: L’Itinéraire: Les Délices de l’Âme Ensemble Amarine Belladiva (Zuzana Badáová, soprano; Michaela Ambrosi, transverse flute; Barbara Maria Willi, harpsichord). Rauzet Priory, Combiers, France, 02.08.2025 Michel de la Barre Suite IX: […]
Do you remember when Saturday Night Live was still funny? I had forgotten and no longer bother to watch its endless succession of unfunny ‘celebrity’ hosts and unmusical musical guests. But my friend Adele reminded […]
Italian media are mourning the television presenter and entertainer Pippo Baudo, a screen ficture for 60 years. Pippo, who presented many series of the San Remo music festival, was 89. He was married from 1986 […]
