Ever unpredictable, the Apple Classical Chart which measures streaming stats from around the world has come up with a surprise #1. The full top 100 can be accessed here. 1 Mozart: Violin Concertos Chloe Chua, […]
The Met conductor’s baring his soul on Insta. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yannick Nézet-Séguin (@nezetseguin) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yannick Nézet-Séguin (@nezetseguin) The post Yannick’s […]
Looks like the Chinese icon has run out of brands. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lang Lang – 郎朗 (@langlangpiano) The post What Lang Lang wears on US tour appeared first […]
Buon compleanno to the formidable Italian maestro, who turns 84 today. He is the doyen of his guild and he will know better than most that the one to beat is Arturo Toscanini, who retired […]
The Bishop of Fulham has formally apologised for interrupting an evening concert in a London church while in his dressing-gown and ordering the choir and audience to go home. A church statement reads: ‘Bishop Jonathan […]
The US-Italian conductor Carlos Ponti jr. has converted to Orthodox Christianity in order to marry Mariam Sharmanashvili, a zumba teacher, in Tbilisi. Ponti, 56, and Sharmanashvili, 37, performed a ritual Georgian dance at the nuptials. […]
National Children’s Choir of Great Britain’s Senior Choir performing in Bromsgrove in 2024 The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain’s (NCCGB) Senior Choir will perform a free lunchtime concert in St John’s Church, Bromsgrove on […]
Gavin Higgins (Photo: Yusef Bastaway) The Three Choirs Festival has announced Gavin Higgins as its inaugural Associate Composer, marking the launch of a major composer development programme. Higgins will launch his three-year residency with a […]
Alastair Penman: The Last Tree; Alastair Penman; Meadowbank MusicReviewed 23 July 2025 Impressively multi-tracked, Alastair Penman’s new album is a passion project about climate change, yet also a remarkably engaging suite of Michael Nyman-esque music […]
A day before playing both Ravel concertos in one concert with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain, Yuja Wang has pulled out on grounds of ill-health. The concert, at Canada’s Festival de Lanaudière, had been […]
