Backstage Classical reports: The Concerto Vocale Foundation and the Tölzer Knabenchor are strongly distancing themselves from conductor Julian Wachner following his arrest in the USA. Wachner, who is accused of, among other things, possession of […]
A judge in Colorado has set bail at $25,000 for John Shin to be set free, pending an immigration hearing. That is more than Shin earns in a year. Reporter Allison Sherry of CPR News […]
Canada’s National Arts Centre last night appointed John Storgårds as the eighth music director of its resident orchestra. Storgårds, 62, is also chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester. Storgårds is Finnish. So is […]
It’s three jobs in two cities: I am happy to announce that I will begin three new positions in coming seasons: Creative Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Creativity and Innovation Chair of the Philharmonie […]
The Corporation of the City of London has named a new chief executive for the Babrican Centre after a yearlong search. The incoming CEO is Abigail Pogson, presently head of the Glasshouse in Gateshead and […]
As predicted on slippedisc.com, Esa-Pekka Salonen was this morning named Principal Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris and Creativity and Innovation Chair at the Philharmonie hall where the orchestra is resident. Salonen, 67, will also […]
From Graham Spicer’s Gramilano: The Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago saw the opening of Manon Lescaut, the last opera of the 2025 open-air season, on Saturday 30 August. Giacomo Puccini wrote the opera at his home […]
If you enjoyed Sir Willard White’s performance in Monday night’s Prom [see my review] or perhaps you are regretting not seeing him, then later this month there is a chance to hear him up close […]
The former Tory MP David Warburton, found dead in his Chelsea home, had early hopes of being a composer. He receoived a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, studying with Edwin Roxburgh, Jeremy Dale Roberts […]
The artists manager Marcin Kopec, formerly of the TACT agency, is setting up his own business in London this morning under the business name MKImpressari. Artists on the new MK list include Aigul Akhmetshina (pictured), […]
