Ruth Leon recommends… Conclave – Amazon Prime
Conclave Click here to rent In view of the recent death of Pope Francis I thought you might like to know that Conclave, the recent Oscar-winning movie about the election of a Pope, starring a […]
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10 new productions in Frankfurt’s next season
They include Harrison Birtwistle’s Punch and Judy (what’s that in German?), George Benjamin’s Written on Skin and Bluthochzeit by Wolfgang Fortner. Not to mention, among the revivals, Mieczysław Weinberg’s The Passenger, Blühen by Vito Žuraj, […]
Glyndebourne rolls out three new shows, three old, for 2026
The festival opera published next season’s plans this morning. 1 Puccini’s Tosca, directed by Ted Huffman 2 Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo 3 Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos along with revivals of Rossini’s Il turco in Italia, Britten’s Billy […]
Munich Phil plays with 50 Israel Phil musicians
Tomorrow, on the 50th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, the Munich Philharmonic will play a concert with 50 musicians from the Israel Philharmonic. Lahav Shani will conduct Tzvi Avni’s ‘Prayer’ for […]
Berlin Phil cuts have hit seat prices
From next season, concert tickets will cost from 11 to 330 Euros. Intendant Andrea Zietzschmann (left) blames the five percent increase on ten percent subsidy cuts imposed by former culture senator Joe Chialo. She does […]
Trump pushes Congress for $257 million Kennedy Center cash
A House of Representatives committee has approved a $257 million grant proposal to the Kennedy Center, six times its usual grant, the BY Times has reported. The Republican-dominated committee said a ‘component of the proposal […]
Pianist Alon Kariv in Interview: Chopin’s First Concerto, and more
Israeli pianist Alon Kariv will play Chopin’s First Piano Concetto on Sunday, May 11 at London’s Cadogan Hall with the English Chamber Orchestra. Ahead of that performance, I met Alon to discuss all things piano, […]
Requiem A is much more influenced by Swans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Sigur Rós: composer Sven Helbig in his new Requiem A
Premiere of Sven Helbig’s Requiem A at the Dresdner Kreuzkirche (Photo: Oliver Killig) The composer Sven Helbig has been on my radar since at least 2013 when his disc Pocket Symphonies came out [see my review] […]
Death of an ex-Russian music director, 74
The Georgian-Russian music conductor Vakhtang Machavariani, head of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra in Tbilisi since 1996, has died at the age of 74. In 1990 he created the Soviet Festival Orchestra while also conducting […]
Young English conductor is killed in bike accident
A livewire in organising the Coventry City of Culture Orchestra, Sebastian Farrall was killed in a tragic bicycle accident on his 32nd birthday. A Bristolian who graduated from Coventry University, Farrall founded several choruses and instrumental […]
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