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The head of Universal Classics and Jazz has been made Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK. He replaces David Joseph, who is leaving after 17 years to pursue a Masters in Religion and Theology […]

The Metropolitan Opera has promoted John Upton to principal oboe. He has been an associate in the section for the past five years. The post Met instals principal oboe appeared first on Slippedisc.

The Boston Symphony cellist Luis Leguia had a eureka moment while out sailing on his catamaran. Seeing the new fibreglass materials used in making seaworthy vessels, he wondered if they could not be applied to […]

Leipzigers attended a free premiere on Saturday of one of the recent Mozart discoveries, a 12-minute trio titled Serenate ex C. It is listed in the new Köchel catalogue as the “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik”, or ‘very […]

Some part of me wishes this was fiction. Or irony. Press release:   Derrick Gee is the Elbphilharmonie’s new Creator in Residence Hamburg, 24 September 2024: The new Creator in Residence at the Elbphilharmonie is […]

Much fuss is being made around Jeanine Tessori’s ‘Grounded’ which launched the Met’s season with a gala premiere last night, the first woman composer to occupy the first-night slot. The opera is a cut-down version […]

Kwamé Ryan, music director of the Charlotte Symphony, says he owes it all to Cbeebies: … Whenever I hear people refer to orchestral music as arcane or incompatible with young ears, it occurs to me […]

The French conductor got a rude awakening at her season opener from Atlanta critic Mark Gresham: In Mahler’s first symphony, he writes, ‘we got a performance that was mostly serviceable, but not did not rise […]

The next chief conductor of the Mainz Philharmonic State Orchestra and GMD of the Mainz State Theatre is to be Gabriel Venzago. Presently with Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the young Venzago, 34, is the son of […]

The phenomenal saxophonist and composer Benny Golson died this weekend in Manhattan. He played himself in the Steven Spielberg movie The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks. His compositions include “I Remember Clifford”, “Blues March”, “Stablemates”, “Whisper […]