Hungarian conductor Ádám Fischer returns to Haydn: his complete recording of all of the symphonies with the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Here he is again, in a less remnant acoustic this time (the concert hall of […]
The Russian Ministry of Culture has finally named an artistic director for the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra, which has been headless for more than two years. Ivan Niforchin (pictured), 29, replaces Pavel Kogan who […]
The Oxford International Song Festival (formerly the Oxford Lieder Festival) is back for its 23rd year with 70 events in 16 days, from 11 to 26 October 2024. Under the title of Cities of Song: […]
Founded in 2009, cellist Natalie Clein’s Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival is celebrating Youth and Experience in its 2024 festival which runs from 29 August to 1 September 2024, featuring concerts set in the stunning […]
Marschner: Der Vampyr – Milena Knauß – Gothic Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Marschner: Der Vampyr, in a version by Julia Mintzer & Kelly Lovelady; Giuseppe Pellingra, Milena Knauß, Jack Roberts, Amber Reeves, Conall O’Neill, Madeleine […]
The Belgian cellist Camille Thomas has left Liu Kotow Management in Hannover, which she joined five years ago. Thomas, 35, is now with Eleanor Ripman and Keynote Artists in London. She has a DG record […]
Message from the Australian Jewish Association in response to the MSO’s apology to the anti-Israel activist pianist Jayson Gillham: If the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wants to engage in anti-Israel activism, why on earth would Jewish […]
Message from Florian Peelman, professor at the Hanns Eisler Academy in Berlin: I was denied boarding today on a Brussels Airlines flight from Brussels to Bilbao due to my viola case exceeding the baggage allowance […]
Dear Alma, A summer festival that I have been a part of for a number of years has had a change in artistic leadership. I was a loyal performer, and was surprised that I was […]
Il viaggio a Reims was Rossini’s last Italian opera and the first he wrote in France for its Paris premiere in 1825 as part of the festivities for the coronation of Charles X. Conceived for the […]
