classical music

A panoply of politicians, writers and not-quite celebrities have written to the Guardian, urging the Royal Opera House to cancel the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, who will sing Tosca next month and Turandot later in […]

The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester has appointed a Romanian, Andra Vornicu, to the new post of professor of pop violin. Must be a market for it. Andra Vornicu lives in Manchester and […]

This is the 100th birthday of one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time – Oscar Peterson. Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was born in Montreal on 15th  August  1925 and died in Toronto on 23 […]

When Giuseppe Verdi encountered the drama about the King of the Huns by the German Romantic poet Zacharias Werner, he saw its potential as opera. Although audiences and the press initially welcomed the premiere in […]

The great satirist tells Roy Plomley he has ‘not that wide’ tastes in music. The post Tom Lehrer on Desert Island Discs appeared first on Slippedisc.

Message received: Yankees legend and Latin Grammy-nominated guitarist Bernie Williams will take the stage at Carnegie Hall on January 13 at 8PM alongside international operatic tenor Jonathan Tetelman (pic). The duo will perform a variety […]

During Covid lockdown, a group of artists applied to the courts in Munich to declare the Government’s closure of concert halls illegal. The group included the singer Christian Gerhaher (pic), the conductor Thomas Hengelbrock and […]

Ten days ago, we reported that the grants-giving portal at ACE had shut down and no-one was getting any money. Today, we’ve seen a message (below) saying it is still not repaired. The ACE has […]

Message from the South African cellist Peter Martens, a member of the Capetown Philharmonic: Unfortunately, not everyone has the money to buy a seat for their cello even though it may be valuable. Mine is […]