The board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic has elected Jason Subotky in place of Thomas L. Beckmen as its chair from the beginning of October. Beckmen has presided over several management departures in his five-year […]
The Finale technology has made this announcement: – There will be no further updates to Finale, or any of its associated tools (PrintMusic, Notepad, Songwriter) – It is no longer possible to purchase or upgrade […]
The faculty senate at Cleveland Institute of Music is holding an extraordinary meeting today after the CIM’s administration have told senior teachers that their salaries will be cut by as much as two-thirds in order […]
The family of Kammersänger Professor Siegfried Lorenz have communicated sad news of his death, six days before his 79th birthday. Berlin born, Lorenz was permanent lyric baritone at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in East Berlin […]
Schott UK have announced the death early this morning of the influential composer Alexander Goehr. Sandy was 92. A Hitler refugee, born in Berlin to the Schoenberg-trained conductor Walter Goehr, he studied in 1950s Manchester […]
A sharp-eyed audience member tells us that the orchestra playing at Tangleweood is made up one-third of substitutes: Last night’s concert at Tanglewood listed 37 substitute players, only one identified as a student at the […]
In what may be the first official acknowledgement that Gustav Mahler created his last works on Italian soil, the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella visited the wooden hut in Dobbiaco (Toblach) where the […]
The Sun Symphony Orchestra of Hanoi has imported Gerry Varona as assistant principal viola. Originally from the Philippines, Varona arrives from the Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Small world, getting smaller. […]
The Jerusalem chamber music festival, directed by Barenboim’s wife Elena Bashkirova and involving many of their close friends, was due to open on September 3. It was cancelled last night because of sky wars in […]
The board of the embattled Australian orchestra has acted swiftly in the wake of the rebel pianist incident. Out, immediately, goes Sophie Galaise, the Canadian chief executive. ‘We want to acknowledge Sophie’s contribution over the […]
