Ex-Russian wins Geneva
Moscow-trained Ilya Shmukler, 27, has swept the board at the Geza Anda piano competition in Geneva. He won the main prize, audience prize and the young jury’s vote, plus best Mozart performance. The post […]
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Meet the Met’s new cellist
We hear that Mariko Wyrick has won the cello vacancy in the hotly competed Metropolitan Opera Orchestra auditions after three rounds behind the screen. Mariko, from California, plays with her sister in the American Ballet […]
Review: The Queen comes to Granada
Antonio Moral’s final festival as saviour-director of the Granada Festival opened this weekend with two bangs. The rarely-sighted Kirill Petrenko gave an explosive Bruckner fifth with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, a performance which ended […]
Dear Alma, I’m a shrink with a problem
Dear Alma, I am a shrink with some issues. My consulting rooms are near the concert hall. I was not surprised when one of the philharmonic musicians came to see me. I was a little […]
Franck & Chausson Symphonies
This is Classical Explorer‘s first Franck Symphony (D-Minor, M. 48) but it is certainly not our first Franck: we looked at piano music on Hänssler, organ music on BIS, heard Lucas Debargue’s piano transcription of […]
Live inside the League of American Orchestras
A report from our observer, Susan Hall: The League of American Orchestras held its annual meeting in Houston,Texas from June 6-8. About one thousand representatives of orchestras across the globe attended. In the US, there […]
Igor Levit is the German national pianist
The Russian-born anti-fascist has been awarded the German National Prize. Levit, 37, takes home 30,000 Euros. The German National Foundation said in Berlin that Levit was an important musician, committed citizen and one of the […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Romare Bearden/Major Jackson – Met
Romare Bearden/Major Jackson – Met Click here to read/see Romare Bearden died in 1988. I was lucky enough to meet him once and he kindly signed a poster for me which I still have. By that […]
The Devil’s Den: I chat to composer Isabella Gellis & conductor Finnegan Downie Dear about the new opera Shadwell Opera is presenting at the Nevill Holt Festival
Ben Edge: Devil’s Den Shadwell Opera, artistic director Jack Furness, music director Finnegan Downie Dear, is presenting its first full-length commissioned opera on Saturday 15 June when the company performs Isabella Gellis‘ The Devil’s Den […]
Emmanuel Despax plays Liszt
Affectionately dedicated to his friend and mentor Ruth Nye, this brilliant, significant release from Emmanuel Despax reveals performances of the highest integrity. As Despax himself puts it: I never perceived Liszt’s compositions as mere showmanship; […]
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