Northern Ballet, which has been performing without live musicians, is now appealing to Opera North for some kind of joint venture. The beleaguered ballet chiefs say: As we shared with you 12 months ago the […]
Fredrik Andersson, programme chief of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and its Konserthuset, is to be head of the well-funded Gulbenkian Music in Lisbon from next April. He says: ‘I’m very excited and happy to become […]
If the name Matthias Moosdorf does not instantly ring a bell, it may be because he hasn’t played much music of late. Moosdorf, 59, was fired by the Leipzig String Quartet in 2019 over his […]
Founder of the Organ Historical Society in 1956 and its president for many years, Barbara Owen proselytised extensively on behalf of American organ music. She became librarian of the Organ Library of the American Guild […]
From our agony aunt’s maailbag: Dear Alma, I work in the music industry, in a medium-sized non-profit. We have quite a bit of shared office space, and so it is difficult to keep a distance […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: It is nothing short of a scandal that not one concerto for viola and orchestra has broken into the standard concerthall repertoire. There are at least fifty violin […]
Victoria University of Wellington has announced the resignation of Helene Pohl and Rolf Gjelsten, first violinist and cellist of the New Zealand String Quartet. The married couple were accused of mismanaging ‘serious and sensitive issues’ […]
Riccardo Muti will conduct the annual Strauss fest for the seventh time… so not many surprises. Except for the appearance of Constanze Geiger in the second half. She’s a little-known 19th century composer and singer. […]
UK musicians have been greatly heartened by the verdict of a London employment tribunal this week that Mark Shanahan’s dismissal by the National Opera Studio was unfair. Mark had been accused of ‘intimidating, bullying and […]
Maggie Smith and Carol Burnett We have all seen the tributes to Dame Maggie Smith who died last month aged almost 90. Carol Burnett, now 93, is an American comedian, actress, and singer, a grande dame […]
