Brandeis University, facing a sharp drop in donations and student enrolment, has sacked the Lydian String Quartet in a cost-cutting measure. All four musicians – Professor Joshua Gordon, cellist, Prof. Julia Glenn and Prof. Clara […]
Evgeny Kissin’s recital in Hong Kong on November 16 has been cancelled. The presenter – the Leisure and Cultural Service Department – has given no reason. Our sources say China may have banned Kissin over […]
Review by our roaming critic, Susan Hall: Hans Werner Henze’s Prince of Homburg is playing at Oper Frankfurt. Jens-Daniel Herzog has created a dream world full of beauty mixed with horror. The production is set […]
Latest bulletin from the sinking San Antonio Philharmonic: On October 19th, the community of San Antonio came together for an incredible night of lucha libre action while the San Antonio Philharmonic played live, creating a […]
No first prize has been awarded at the 2024 Barbash J.S. Bach Competition for string players in Long Island, NY. A joint second prize and no first prize was awarded at the Alberto Lysy Competition […]
English National Opera and the London Coliseum are presenting 14 performances of Opera for Babies next month. The shows are titled Orpheus’ Comfort and Amor’s Ease. Two kids up to six years old go free […]
The BBC News website has a report on Detective Sergeant Seb Valentine, who studied at the Royal College of Music before joining the Metropolitan Police. He has formed the Blue Light Symphony Orchestra, made up […]
The joint concertmaster of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, David Chan, has been named artistic director of the Taipei Music Academy & Festival until 2028. Chan’s parents are from Taiwan. He says: ‘Contributing to Taiwan’s music […]
Players learned earlier this week that the orchestra’s Candian concertmaster, Martin Chalifour, is leaving at the end of this season. A chamber music concert has been hastily organised in his honour on November 23. Chalifour, […]
Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision is off to Switzerland for a live stream first of the finals of of the Concours de Genève Singing Competition. The last but not least in the series of October […]
