Vienna’s new Tannhäuser is in Albert Speer style
From an interview with the German-based US director Lydia Steier: The hall (in the Wartburg) is based on the architecture of Albert Speer. We set the second act in 1938, as a quote from the […]
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Bruce Springsteen releases record with anti-Trump rant
The veteran rocker and American chronicler has issued a six-track EP with the speech he made in Manchester, accusing Presidnet Trump of running a ‘corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration’. Trump responded ‘he ought to keep […]
US orchestra plays in South Africa as Trump attacks its president
Joseph Horowitz reports: At the precise moment that US President Donald Trump was accusing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa of denying acts of racial persecution, the University of Michigan Orchestra began a five-concert tour of […]
Musicians accuse Jaap van Zweden of ‘a pattern of fear’
The Dutch website pointer has published anonymous complaints of verbal abuse by the Dutch international conductor Jaap van Zweden. The full report will go online later today. Van Zweden is former music director of the […]
Baton handover at Aldeburgh and Cardiffs
Britten Peard Arts has appointed a career-long artists’ agent to succeed Sir Simon Robey as board chair. Angela Mallinson, 64, has been on the BPA board for five years. She was a founder of the […]
Ruth Leon recommends.. All of Us
National Theatre Click here for tickets From the Natonal Theatre comes a new online release, All of Us, a play by Francesca Martinez, who is an award-winning author, comedian and actor. In All of Us, […]
Debut recording from Stanislav Kochanovsky with glorious recorded sound from harmonia mundi
I’ve seen several YouTube videos of live concerts from this orchestra and their new Russian conductor, Stanislav Kochanovsky. He’s certainly a Russian-music specialist, as demonstrated on YouTube and his new debut album. But I have […]
Sax king dies, 72
The death has been made known of the American tenor saxophone and clarinet virtuoso John Ruocco, director of the Dutch Jazz Orchestra and of The Hague Conservatory big band. He was 72. Born in September […]
The Lost Music of Auschwitz
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum has a collection of music manuscripts written, arranged and performed by the prisoners themselves. Damaged, complete and often overlooked, composer and conductor Leo Geyer has been working with the museum, survivors and […]
Celebrating an icon: Argentinian bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi celebrates his 90th birthday with a new single on ECM Records
Yesterday (20 May 2025), Argentinian bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi celebrated his 90th birthday. A long time collaborator with ECM records [his discography is here], the label has released the first track from his upcoming album El Viejo […]
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