LSO seeks new chief
It has been announced today that Dame Kathryn McDowell will retire as Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra a year from now. She has been in the job for two decades, with three music […]
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Ruth Leon recommends… Diablo Tango – Torvill and Dean
Apache Dance An Apache dance, if you’ve never come across one before, is a highly dramatic performance associated with Parisian street culture at the beginning of the 20th century. It reenacts a violent “discussion” between […]
An alternative way people can encounter classical music: Baldur Brönnimann & Felix Heri introduce Between Mountains Festival
This summer, the Between Mountains Festival makes its debut on 19 July at Holdenweid in Hölstein, Switzerland. More than just another music festival, Between Mountains seeks to redefine how classical music is presented and experienced […]
Nicolas Namoradze stuns at Wigmore Hall
Scriabin, Bach, Beethoven Nicolas Namoradze (piano). Wigmore Hall, 23.06.2025 Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 (1912/13) Bach Prelude & Fugue in E, BWV 878 (WTC II) Scriabin Fugue in E minor, WoO 20 (1892) Bach […]
Lalo Schifrin, RIP
The phenomenally successful Argentine-US composer has died at 93. An associate of Astor Piazzola, he hooked up with Dizzy Gillespie’s band in the 1960s and worked a ferile line between Larin music and jazz. When […]
Someone’s pretending to be DG
Message from the Yellow Label: Dear Deutsche Grammophon Fan, you have purchased Deutsche Grammophon products from our shop. It has come to our attention, that other shops are impersonating us online. To ensure you have […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
Join Monica L. Miller, Guest Curator, on a tour of the exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, with an introduction from Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute. The Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition […]
Swedish flute, RIP
The death has been made known of Clas Pehrsson, a pioneer of flute repertoire on both baroque and modern instruments. He was 83. Many of his recordings are to be found on BIS. He was […]
Berlin Phil puts out call for amateur players
Message received: Salzburg, June 26, 2025 The return of the Berliner Philharmoniker – the festival’s founding orchestra in 1967 – marks a very special festival season in Salzburg in 2026 and, with the Be Phil […]
San Francisco ensemble picks Irish conductor
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, based in San Francisco, has named Peter Whelan as its next music director. Whelan, 47, will take up the baton a year from now. He succeeds Richard Egarr. Meantime, he will […]
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