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The Oberlin Conservatory is marking the retirement of Peter Takács after 48 years with varied concerts and celebrations, including a new work by Robert Spano, one of his star students. Romanian by birth, Takács joined […]

The finalists have been selected at the richly endowed Concours musical international de Montréal. All six are male. They are: Elias ACKERLEY (UK, South Korea) Anthony RATINOV (United States) Gabriele STRATA (Italy) Derek WANG (United […]

The BBC Singers, almost abolished last year by top-floor decree, is upping its attention-seeking strategy. This just dropped in: On Tuesday 21 May at 7pm, singers of all abilities across the UK are invited to […]

Kim Tae-yeon has won the 12th Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in Warsaw. She takes home 20,000 Euros and a fistful of engagements after triumphing in Lutoslaski’s Grave, for concerto. Second and third were Poles. […]

The crisis-ridden Cannberra Symphony has been told it will get an extra $4.1 million in next week’s federal budget to cope with falling audiences and sponsorship. The orchestra devotes 45 percent of its programming to […]

The German pianist and conductor is leaking snippets from his forthcoming authorised biography. He is open about his relationship with both women and men, among them an affair with Bernstein: ‘I had an intellectual and […]

Czech media have reported the death of Jiří Žigmund, violist of the Wuhan Quartet from 1988 to 2014. He has suffered longterm health problems. The post Famed violist dies at 58 appeared first on Slippedisc.

Dear Alma, I am a male conductor in my mid-30’s. My career seems to have stalled. I started with several high-level assistant posts, then moving to a regional orchestra as director and some prestigious guest […]

An angry op-ed in the San Francisco Standard urges transparency after the resignation of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen:   …The leadership’s failure to release financial documents has only added to our unease. Open dialogue and […]

The last 24 in the 2024 Queen Elisabeth violin competition were decided last night in Brussels. They include Dmitry Smirnov of Russia, a dark horse, and Bohdan Luts of Ukraine (pic), recent winner of the […]