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The Italian Viola Association has shared news of the death of Massimo Paris, principal viola of I Musici da Roma from 1977 to 2022 and founder member of the Stradivari Quartet. Massimo, who was 71, […]

The highly accomplished Polish conductor Tadeusz Strugała turns 90 this week. Never a limelight seeker, he was music director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra and of the Turkish presidential orchestra. But his closest involvements were […]

That Bastard Puccini is the title of a new play coming to the London stage by former Gramophone editor, James Inverne. It recounts the race between Puccini and Leoncavallo to compose an opera on La […]

A study by researchers at the Sapienza University of Rome has detected ‘a trend of simplification across all music genres’. ‘Our analysis indicates that even enduring genres like classical and jazz have undergone a noticeable […]

An anonymous donor has made one of the largest known bequests to an orchestra, and it’s going to Sarasota, in the state of Florida, The money will go to building a 1,700-seat concert hall and […]

We have been notified of the death from cancer of Nicholas Wilton, a prolific composer of choral music for the Roman Catholic church. His work has been extensively recorded. The post Death of a British […]

A delicious quote from Richard Jones in a rare interview with Ben Lawrence in the Telegraph. Jones is directing Festen at Covent Garden. He is sure the Daily Mail will hate its bad launguage. Full […]

President Trump strikes again by decree: I am pleased to announce that Ric Grenell will serve as the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center. Ric shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American […]

The Berlin University of the Arts has made known the death of its former cello professor Markus Nyikos, who died last month at the age of 76. Principal cellist of Festival Strings Lucerne and a […]

The Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer is the biggest music prize in Canada, worth C$125,000. The latest winners are mezzo-Soprano Kristin Hoff, founder of the Montreal contemporary company Musique 3 Femmes and pianist Meagan Milatz, co-founder […]