The Greek-American conductor and impresario Peter Tiboris, who was died aged 76, was recognised as ‘the most prolific presenter of choral concerts in the history of Carnegie Hall.’ He presented 1,500 events worldwide, including opera, […]
The conductor will miss the first three weeks of the Cleveland Orchestra season, having returned unwell from its European tour. His replacements will be Osmo Vänskä, Elim Chan and associate conductor Daniel Reith. The deceptively […]
The Belgian newspaper De Standaard has some additional details of why the early-music group Anima Eterna this week fired its ‘aggressive’ founder Jos Van Immerseel. The ensemble, it appears, was in transition from Van Immerseel’s […]
Strenuous efforts to produce a gender-balanced outcome at the Leeds Piano Competition have apparently paid off. The five finalists, announced last night, are: Kai-Min Chang (Taiwan) Junyan Chen (China) Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada) Khanh Nhi Luong […]
The BBC has just announced an average 96 percent ticket sale for Royal Albert Hall evening concerts in the Proms season just ended. That’s up from 93 percent last year. One-third of attenders are said […]
Remember this? If you can’t decipher it, the caption says: B&H can supply you with the new model. NO the Euphonium. Not the Girl. What were they thinking? The post When Boosey was all […]
Wakefield is sinking ever deeper into a mire of its own making. Six months after promising a full investigation into instances of bullying and various forms of abuse, it has just issued this explanation to […]
The London-based agency Inntermusica, which yesterday lost Yuja Wang, has just seen Marin Alsop walk through the door. She’s joining AskonasHolt in Europe, consolidating her main relationship with its partner Opus3. All this before breakfast […]
The Romanian soprano made a fuss over an encore sung by a Korean tenor. The public had the final say. First video of the incident has just reached Bucharest, where it’s leading the news. […]
Cellist Frances Borowsky offered to entertain bored passengers. She tells slippedisc.com: ‘Navigating the tight spaces with my bow and instrument was no small feat! Even sitting diagonally into the throughway required that I tilt the […]
