The Israel composer Oded Zehavi attended the dress rehearsal today of György Kurtag’s late opera, Fin de Partie: There are similarities between Endgame and Wozzeck. Musical interpretation of great literary text is not easy: it […]
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Kings Place’s 17th instalment in its year-long Unwrapped series will be exploring our relationship with nature and the eco-system, plant life and ornithology, the climate crisis, activism, protest and more, through music and spoken word. Earth Unwrapped, […]
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“in music many people are never exposed to long-form compositions, or more challenging works; and I think they should be“nonclassical founder, Gabriel Prokofiev nonclassical in action (Photo: Nick Rutter) Music promoter, record label and events […]
This is Martha on the eve of Yom Kippur visiting the beautiful synagogue that now serves as the Jewish Musem in Bucharest. photo: social media The post Martha Argerich at synagogue appeared first on Slippedisc.
A report from Jonathan Sutherland: Zubin Mehta made his debut with the Belgrade Philharmonic in 1958 immediately after winning the Liverpool International Conductors Competition. He was 22 years old. The Bombay-born maestro, now 88, has […]
The job advert below speaks for itself. The University of Minnesota in Duluth is seeking an Assistant/Associate Professor of Piano. The applicant is expected to have a DMA or PhD, along with ‘international and national […]
Queen Elizabeth I awaiting the performance of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire in the Marble Hall at Hatfield House Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Schubert: String Quintet in C; Claire Booth, Ensemble 360, Magnus Johnston, Max Baillie, Brett Dean, […]
The death has been made known of Mat Heighway, a highly popular member of the Jersey Chamber Orchestra and Jersey Symphony Orchestra, among other ensembles. Mat was 46. Rosie Knighton has posted on Fb: ‘Terry […]
The Royal Conservatory of Brussels has appointed Lukas Liketi as Professor of Composition, starting immediately. Lukas, 59, lives in Miami and will commute monthly until he moves to Belgium next year. He is an Austrian […]
They’ve just been named: Violinist Shlomi Shahaf (17), born in Israel and raised in Ukraine, currently studying at the Purcell School Pianist Ryan Wang (17) from Vancouver, Canada, currently on a music scholarship at Eton […]
