Why give $20 million to Juilliard?
A pair of public-minded investors, John and Jody Arnhold, have given $15m to support Juilliard’s Creative Enterprise program and $5m more for jazz. Their hope is that it will ‘bring further vibrancy to a school […]
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A young American at the Concertgebouw
The Dutch orchestra has just released named of its 14 Academy members for the coming season. All are EU citizens, bar one American: Lena Aigner (Austria): violin Katharina Von Behren (Germany): violin Pauline Herold (Germany): […]
Ruth Leon recommends…Look again: rethinking Spain & the Spanish Americas
Look Again: European Paintings—Rethinking Spain & The Spanish Americas One thing I’m definitely going to do when I get home to New York next week is to visit the newly renovated and reinstalled European Paintings […]
Male soprano Bruno de Sá in Bayreuth
Bayreuth Baroque Gala Concert: Bruno de Sá; Il Pomo d’Oro / Alfia Bakieva (violin / director). Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuh, 06.09.2024 Handel Gloria in Excelsis Deo, HWV deest (1706/07?) Vivaldi In furoe iusissimae irae, RV 626 (1720s) Handel Aci, […]
Farinelli’s Violin
Later this month violinist Jorge Jiménez and his ensemble Tercia Realidad are releasing their disc, Farinelli’s Violin on Pan Classics. The disc features arias writtens for the castrato Farinelli in new versions where it is […]
Opera in Virtual Reality: Alastair White’s #CAPITAL direct from the Metaverse courtesy of Tête à Tête
Alastair White: #CAPITAL Wikipedia defines the Metaverse as ‘a loosely defined term referring to virtual worlds in which users represented by avatars interact, usually in 3D and focused on social and economic connection.The term metaverse […]
NY Phil is close to naming new boss
We hear the orchestra will ppresent its next CEO before the month is out. The key factor for the seach committee has been to recruit someone who has the trust of incoming director Gustavo Dudamel. […]
Biz news: Bryn Terfel’s agency in smart merger
The Harlequin agency in Cardiff which has looked after the baritone Sir Bryn Terfel from the start of his career has agreed a merger with agency Keynote, a London-based artist management company. Harlequin was started […]
Sir Keir Starmer enters the Leeds Piano Competition
The prime minister has offered a tribute to the contest, presently under way. He writes: The Leeds combines two of my greatest loves: the city that absolutely formed me when I came here as a student; […]
A US soprano who walked out on the Met
The death has been communicated of Christine Weidinger who, on the advice of Marilyn Horne, quit a string of roles at the Metropolitan Opera to become a company member in Stuttgart Oper and then at […]
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