Baby for Benedetti
We understand that the violinist Nicola Benedetti, director of the Edinburgh Festival, gave birth on Monday to her first child. Mother and baby are doing well, friends say. Benedetti, 35, is in a relationship with […]
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Human rights award for anti-Sistema campaigner
The outspoken pianist and composer Gabriela Montero, an unflinching opponent of the Venezuela militarist regime, has received the 2024 Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent from the Human Rights Foundation. Montero, 54, has exposed the […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Emerging Dancer 2024 – English National Ballet
Emerging Dancer 2024 – English National Ballet Click here for event Every year, six of the English National Ballet’s most promising dancers are selected by their peers to take on the challenge of performing a […]
Happy 60th birthday: the Salomon Orchestra celebrates with Martyn Brabbins, Michal Oren, Mussorgsky and Elgar
The Salomon Orchestra in rehearsal at Henry Wood Hall When the Salomon Orchestra celebrated its 40th birthday in 2003 it assembled the huge orchestra needed for Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony, directed by founding conductor Nicholas […]
Busoni’s gargantuan Piano Concerto
It must surely be the most daunting piano concerto in the repertoire. Ferruccio Busoni’s Piano Concerto in C-Major, BV 247 spreads over 72 minutes in this performance (there are longer: Postnikova takes an eternity); it […]
Julia Thomsen’s ‘Beauty’ from Harmonies of WoMen
Harmonies of WoMen is an album that was released on International Women’s Day 2024, featuring work from ten different female pianists, and released under the banner of the Piano And Nature label, which […]
Summer Music in City Churches: Love’s Labours
St Giles Cripplegate This year’s Summer Music in City Churches focuses on Shakespeare and under the title Love’s Labours runs at a single City church, St Giles Cripplegate from 6 to 15 June 2024. Pierre […]
Canadian orchestra sacks two principals over online comments
The Calgary Philharmonic has fired principal oboe Alex Klein and principal clarinet Slavko Popovic after an external, month-long investigation into ‘deeply troubling comments posted online.’ The comments are alleged to have been disrespectful to women […]
Paris replaces accused conductor
The Théâtre des Champs Élysées has replaced François Xavier Roth as conductor of tonight’s concert. Adrien Perruchon is stepping in. Roth was accused today in a French magazine of inappropriate sexual messaging. The post Paris […]
Esa-Pekka is moved to tears
Going up to receive the Polar Prize in Stockholm, the conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen had distinct streaks on his cheeks. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Polar Music Prize (@polarmusicprize) The post Esa-Pekka […]
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