How to do a power bow like Yuja
No editorial comment could possibly match this inspired takeoff. Here’s a sampling of the original act. View this post on Instagram A post shared by PianoWorldWide (@pianoworldwide) The post How to do a […]
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Only 5 women apply for Solti grants
The Solti Foundation U.S. has named 18 young American conductors to receive Career Assistance Awards. Of 50 applicants just five were women. The successful candidates are: Nathan Blair, Elias Brown, Austin Chanu, Maurice Cohn, Conner […]
Speaking Soundly: The principal trumpet who made it big
This week’s guest on David Krauss’s podcast is the conductor Gerard Schwarz, who started out as co-principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic orchestra. Schwarz, 76, went on to become transformational music director of the […]
Mine’s a triple, but not this one
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: There are many reasons why Beethoven’s triple concerto usually fails on record. Most are to do with ego. In a regular concerto, there is one soloist, a conductor […]
A right royal wave
King Charles III came on stage last night at Covent Garden to bid farewell to Antonio Pappano after 22 years as music director of the Royal Opera. It was a rare, personal and highly welcome […]
So is the Concertgebouw safe enouw?
The University of Amsterdam is due to reopen today after violent demonstrations over the Gaza war caused 1.5 million Euros worth of damage. The Concertgebouw, which cancelled two concerts by the Jerusalem Quartet, fearing for […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Lenore Piano Trio – Wigmore Hall
Lenore Piano Trio – Wigmore Hall Click here for tickets (£20 each) The Kindertransport was a unique humanitarian rescue programme which ran between November 1938 and September 1939. Approximately 10,000 children, the majority of whom […]
Dear Alma, I want to take over an agency but might lose out
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I have been working at the same agency for 10 years, and find it challenging and interesting. My boss is nearing retirement age, and I am very much hoping […]
Shock result: Canadian wins Montreal
As predicted, the Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko has won the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM). He takes home a cash prize of C$30,000 offered by the city of Montréal and a development grant of […]
What is ‘ethnically-led’ Wagner?
You are about to find out. From the press release: …Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) comes to The Bradshaw Hall at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire this July. In what is believed to be the […]
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