From the Pittsburgh Symphony: PITTSBURGH, PA— The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) today released the results of an independent study of its economic impact on Pittsburgh and the surrounding region. The study was conducted by a […]
ROH Youth Opera in Jonathan Ainscough & Jonathan Briggin’s The Sapling in July 2023 When I chatted to conductor Nicholas Chalmers in 2019 [see my interview], one of the topics that popped up was his […]
By Barry Lenson You are the founder of Classical Archives, known for its meticulous curation. What is its origin? My techno background is in computer science, which I taught at two universities in New York […]
The New Yorker critic goes to town on a Los Angeles piano recital. … a number of people find themselves distracted. “She’d fit much better in a night club” is one of the politer complaints […]
The French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour was born a hundred years ago, on May 22, 1924. As refugees from Turkish genocide in Armenia, and forced to flee again from their next home in Salonica, the Aznavours […]
The board of FEVIS, the Fédération des Ensembles Vocaux et Instrumentaux Spécialisés, has expelled the renowned French ensemble Les Siècles after its founder-conductor Francois-Xavier Roth was found to have sent inappropriate images to female musicians. […]
It sounded like no Ravel ever heard before. Sit back and marvel. The post When Richter took on Ravel appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Cleveland composer H. Leslie Adams who wrote songs and pianio suites with African-American themes, has died in his home town, aged 91. His largest work is a m usic drama, Blake, on the lives […]
Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade – Sarah Richmond, Alexandra Urquiola, Gemma Ni Bhriain, Chuma Sijeqa, Meili Li, Rachel Redmond, Sean Boylan – Irish National Opera (Photo: Ros Kavanagh) Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade: Gemma Ni Bhriain, Alexandra Urquiola, Meili Li, Sarah […]
The passing of the passionate Elgar researcher Jerrold Northrop Moore lays to rest a glorious adventurer in self-fired musical research. Jerry, whom I knew well some years back, came to England for the Three Choirs […]
