July 5, 2025
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UK quartet changes violinist again

UK quartet changes violinist again

The Heath Quartet has replaced Juliette Roos with Maja Horvath (pic). Roos succeeded Marije Johnston in 2023. Johnston joined in 2021, replacing founder Oliver Heath. Turnover is healthy. The other players are Sara Wolstenholme, Christopher […]

Yuja tops the streaming charts

Yuja tops the streaming charts

This week’s Apple Classical hit-list, exclusive to slippedisc.com: 1 Shostakovich: Piano Concertos… Yuja Wang, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons 2 Rimsky-Korsakov / Rachmaninoff/Dvorak Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti 3 Field: Complete Nocturnes Alice Sara Ott 4 […]

Rattle nets quarter of a million

Rattle nets quarter of a million

The 2025 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize is to be awarded to Sir Simon Rattle, 70, ‘in recognition of his lifetime dedication to music’. The prize comes with a 250,000 Euros money order. It will […]

Why La Scala chose Chung

Why La Scala chose Chung

The background to this morning’s election of the next music director at La Scala is becoming a little clearer. As so often, the data say it all. Myung Whun Chung debuted at La Scala in […]

Janacek teacher, 101

Janacek teacher, 101

The formidable organist and pianist Alena Štěpánková-Veselá has died two months short of her 102nd birthday. She taught for more than half a cnetury at the Faculty of Music of the Janáček Academy of Performing […]

Sudden death of Polish impresario

Sudden death of Polish impresario

Musicians are mourning Andrzej Haluch, one of the most effective artist managers in Poland and eastern Europe. His artists included Daniil Trifonov, Kian Soltani, Mischa Maisky and the Borodin Quartet. Pianist Lukas Geniušas writes: ‘One […]

New head at Menuhin

New head at Menuhin

The Yehudi Menuhin School has chosen its next head, replacing Ashley Wass in September. She is violist Rosalind Ventris, Director of Musical Performance and Performance Studies at the University of Oxford and an active chamber […]