Conductor ends 38 years with BBC
Tonight will be the last performance of Tadaaki Otaka as conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He was principal conductor from 1987 to 1995 and conductor laureate since then. Otaka, 77, remains Music […]
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New principal horn in the north
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has appointed Amadea Dazeley-Gaist as its principal horn. She has been hired straight out of the student roll at the Royal College of Music. In a further recruitment, Cillian Ó […]
Look, Mum, my first LP
This selfie somehow struck me as seminal. It shows the pianist Andre Gugnin in the front window of Universal Music with an LP of his excellent Shostakovich preludes recording on the boutique label Hyperion. Gugnin […]
Pablo, Jakub and Chris take charge of JEG’s Monteverdi forces
The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras have rolled out their new season with strong replacements for sacked founder Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for […]
Dudamel’s father to perform at his LA gala
The outgoing music director has added his parent to the lineup of his farewell gala. From the press release: Acclaimed Venezuelan trombonist Oscar Dudamel – father of world-renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel – perform a bold […]
Chloe lands an orchestra
The Colorado Springs Philharmonic has recruited the French conductor Chloé Dufresne as its music director from October, after a two-year vacancy in the role. Chloe, 34, is from Montpellier. She is artistic director of the […]
TV and film producer, Jan Younghusband appointed chair of British Youth Opera
Jan Younghusband (Photo: BYO) At a time of challenge in arts funding, British Youth Opera (BYO) has bravely soldiered on, providing support, training and opportunity for young singers fresh out of college. BYO’s recent Summer […]
Ruth Leon recommends…In Search of Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte, the most brilliant and most mysterious member of the Bronte family, was born on July 30th, 207 years ago today. She died in 1848, aged 30, a year after the publication […]
Frederick and his sister: music for Postsdam and Bayreuth created for Frederick the Great and Wilhelmine of Bayreuth
Recorder concertos from Sanssouci: Quantz, CPE Bach, Benda, Graun, Isaac Makhdoomi, Ensemble Piccante; Prospero In Wilhelmine’s footsteps: the music of Bayreuth: Wilhelmine, Johann Pfeiffer, Bernhard Joachim Hagen, Locatelli; Camerata Øresund; Channel ClassicsReviewed 29 July 2025 Civilised, elegant […]
The Thing, The Joystick and The Reins in Peckham: Ennio Morricone’s score to be performed in full for new solo work by Eve Stainton at Bold Tendencies
The Joystick and The Reins (Collage image :Eve Stainton) John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film, The Thing (which starred Kurt Russell) featured a score by Ennio Morricone because Carpenter wanted the film to have a European musical […]
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