The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France has appointed a new principal second violin. She is Savitri Grier, former associate concertmaster of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich, and an international soloist. A Londoner of […]
The Swiss choral composer François Pantillon has died, a month after his 97th birthday. Pantillon published many tonal Christian choral pieces and cantatas before a friendship with Krzysztof Penderecki led him to a more adventurous, […]
National Symphony Orchestra bass player Jeffrey Weisner writes: We were scheduled to perform for the first time with Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington on May 21st as part of World Pride in Washington DC. The […]
The Hong Kong-based group has announced new leadership, appointed from within. Founder Klaus Heymann no longer holds a leadership role, to all appearances. Heymann is now the owner of Chandos Records in England. Here’s the […]
Any mention of Kosovo draws instant associations with the Balkan wars of the 1990s. This, however, is going to be its new opera house, designed by Denmark’s Bjarke Ingels Group. It is magical, inviting, peaceful. […]
Philip Glass: Ifè: Three Yorùbá Songs – Angélique Kidjo, The Hallé – The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (Photo: Sharyn Bellemakers/The Hallé) Philip Glass: Days and Nights in Rochina; Ifè: Three Yorùbá Songs (UK première), Eleventh Symphony; […]
The Spanish conductor Pablo González has joined the Maestro Arts agency in London. Until now, he has been Principal Conductor of Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, from 2019 to 2023, and Music Director of […]
Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music regrets that, due to health reasons, Yuja Wang is unable to perform with Víkingur Ólafsson tonight and tomorrow. The sold-out concerts will go ahead with Ólafsson playing the Goldberg Variations. In addition, the Conservatory […]
The London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Ed Gardner has issued a public apology, via Italian media and slippedisc.com, to chorus members at Teatro San Carlo in Naples whom he falsely accused of being associated with two […]
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