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 […]
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, […]
The death has been made known of Frans de Ruiter, founder of the Utrecht Early Music Festival and director of the Holland Festival (1977-1985). A harpsichordist by training, he went on to lead the Royal […]
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen Nathan Knight as Associate Principal Double Bass. He has been depping in the role throughout the season. He says: ‘As a teenager, I was fortunate enough to be […]
This week’s Apple Classical global streaming hits: 1 Sommernachtskonzert 2025 Wiener Philharmoniker, Tugan Sokhiev 2 Locatelli, 6 Introduttioni Teatrali Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante 3 Satie: Discoveries Alexandre Tharaud 4 Sleep Max Richter 5 The Summer […]
The funeral took place yesterday in Netanya, Israel, of Daniel Hoffman, an outstanding researcher and performer of klezmer music. He was diagnosed two years ago with a glioblastoma and received treatment in Germany. Daniel leaves […]
%20and%20Hanna%20Hipp%20(Dinah)%20Credit_%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(4).jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The ennui of modern life: Bernstein & Poulenc's one-act operas from the 1950s in an intriguing double bill at Buxton International Festival")
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti – Charles Rice, Allison Cooke – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti, Francis Poulenc: La voix humaine; Hanna Hipp, Charles Rice, Allison Cooke, Chloé Hare-Jones, Harun […]
The Italian news agency Ansa has just reported that the Royal Palace of Caserta has cancelled the symphony concert conducted by Valery Gergiev that was scheduled for July 27th. It appears the site’s directorate was […]
“CBS News Sunday Morning” has allocated its feelgood slot to the US-born Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt, still working at 98. ‘It’s like intense sex,’ he says, ‘an extremely close relation’. Watch. The post […]
The esteeemed pianist is playing a new piece tomorrow in Barcelona by a Juilliard-trained Catalan composer, Marc Migó. Migó is a John Corigliano student whose work has been performed in Amsterdam and Berlin. He was […]
