A 5 year-old performs at Carnegie Hall
The parents of Alec Van Khajadourian, from Los Angeles, are claiming he is the youngest person ever to play at Carnegie. He played two short pieces in the NY Classical Debut Awards Gala Concert on […]
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Polish Baroque: Wrocław Baroque Ensemble present selections from Mikołaj Zieleński’s magnum opus
Gniezno Cathedral and Lake Jelonek, Poland, where Mikołaj Zieleński worked(Photo by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0/WikiMedia) Little is known of Mikołaj Zieleński beyond the fact that he published a major collection of works in 1611. On 14 August […]
Gilberto Gil’s singer daughter, RIP
The Brazilian vocalist Preta Gil has died in New York after a two-year battle with bowel cancer. She died, aged 50, at an airport hospital while on her way to fly home. Her father, former […]
Ladies in Bloomers: London Sinfonietta presents Omri Kochavi’s site-specific celebration of forgotten female gardeners at the Story Garden in Kings Cross
Women gardeners (Image courtesy of the Garden Museum) Fiona Davison‘s discovery of letters written by Olive Harrisson, a talented gardener denied a scholarship by the Royal Horticultural Society “on account of being female”, led to […]
%20credit%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(1).jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Style & substance: Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet in Buxton is a rewarding musical & dramatic feast with the festival confidently stepping on the shoulders of its previous production")
Style & substance: Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in Buxton is a rewarding musical & dramatic feast with the festival confidently stepping on the shoulders of its previous production
Thomas: Hamlet – Gregory Feldmann – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Gregory Feldmann, Yewon Han, Alastair Mile, Allison Cook, director Jack Furness, Orchestra of Opera North, conductor: Adrian Kelly; Buxton International […]
Youth Choir killed off in Ulster
All across the UK, essential arts are being eliminated by auto-bureaucrats and politico-philisitines. The National Youth Choir of Northern Ireland has uplifted the province since just before the turn of the century. No more. The […]
Sudden death of German bass-baritone, 60
Katrin Lion, wife of Michael Lion, has communicated tragic news of his unexpected death on Saturday. Lion was a popular member of the Coburg State Theatre ensemble since 2008, singing a host of leading roles, […]
Andris Nelsons, by half
This week’s picture portfolio from the Boston Symphony Orchestra of music director Andris Nelsons show a leader painfully reduced in size. Formerly substantial, the Latvian is now a fraction of his former self. The transformation […]
Estonia bans Jose Cura for working in Russia
Statement from the Estonian capital, Tallinn: The management and staff of the Estonian National Opera are of the common opinion that artists performing in Russia have no place on Estonian stages, and without an explicit […]
Two more quit Cleveland
Penn State School of Music has recruited two more unhappy teachers from the troubled Cleveland Institute of Music. Dr Scott Hanenberg, a Canadian, is to be Assistant Professor of Music. His wife, Dr. Caitlin Martinkus, […]
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