Toronto takes a Biss
The Philadelphia-based US pianist Jonathan Biss has joined the faculty of Toronto’s Glenn Gould School. Biss, 44, is presently with Mitsuko Uchida of the Marlboro Music Festival. He has also taught at Curtis and NEC. […]
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Pianist Schiff lands 15 million yen
The 2025 Praemium Imperiale Award for music has been allocated to the Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff. It’s worth just over $100,000 and a handshake from royalty. Schiff lives in the UK, Italy, Switzerland and Japan. […]
Salzburg loses conductor to ‘acute illness’
Lorenzeo Viotti has cancelled two concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic. Esa-Pekka Salonen, already in Salzburg for an opera, jumps in. Press release: To his great regret, Lorenzo Viotti has been forced to cancel his participation […]
As Jonathan Bloxham becomes principal conductor, London Mozart Players announces its 2025/26 season
For the 2025/26 season, Jonathan Bloxham steps into a new role as principal conductor and artistic advisor with London Mozart Players (LMP), building on his three-year tenure as conductor in residence and artistic advisor. LMP#’s […]
Exclusive: Major string quartet breaks up
Royal Philharmonic Society prizewinners and former resident ensemble at Oxford University, the Castalian String Quartet is about to announce its disbandment. The quartet, based in London, has been together since 2011. It changed violist last […]
Milwaukee regrets
International outcry prompted by slippedisc.com’s report of Milwaukee Ballet’s cancellation of its orchestra has prompted the company to revise its plans. Here’s the latest from the MB website: You may have heard that, due to […]
Lang Lang becomes a chevalier
The Chinese pianist was nominated on Bastille Day in Paris as a chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in the category reserved for foreign nationals. Also elevated was the director of the Opéra national de Paris, […]
The Barber in Benidorm: Louise Bakker’s 1970s sitcom take on Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia with a terrific cast at Longborough Festival Opera
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia – finale of Act One – Longborough Festival Opera, 2025 (Photo: Clive Barda) Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Joseph Doody, Lauren Young, Benjamin Bevan, Henry Neill, director: Louise Bakker, conductor […]
A Scottish mezzo dies in Australia
Opera Australia has posted news of the death of Rosemary Gunn, a Scottish mezzo-soprano who enjoyed a four-decade career with the company. Rosemary joined the company in 1972 and, in 1977, won both the Pan […]
Just in: LA Phil names another principal
Days after nailing Ryan Roberts from the NY Phil as principal oboe, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has secured a principal second violin. She is Melody Ye Yuan from Canada and she has been playing in […]
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