Violin double-act breaks up
Months after signing on for an orchestral tour with German management firm K D Schmid, the Australian comedy duo TwoSet Violin has split up, taking down all their videos on social media. Their parting message […]
classical
Bad air day: KLM bumps cellist with two kids
The Dutch flag carrier has lived up to national courtesy standards by refusing to board cellist Maja Bogdanović, her husband, violinist Daniel Rowland and their children aged one and three. KLM officials said the cello […]
Cliff Richard, 84, plans Australia and UK tours
The archetype British popster has enviable stamina. For his 85 birthday a year from now, he has announced tours Down Under and back home. Can’t be be long before he duets with Domingo. They are […]
NY Phil concertmaster buys a bow
The auction house Tarisio has gone public on the private sale of a bow to New York Philharmonic concertmaster Frank Huang. The bow was made in 1864 by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume’s best Parisian bowman, Pierre […]
Here’s $10 million, says orchestra chair
They are smiling in Cincinnati. Dianne Rosenberg, chair of the orchestra’s board of directors since 2022, and her husband, J. David Rosenberg, have pledged $10 million towards artistic and educational work and community engagement. The […]
First report: Vienna’s Endgame
The Israel composer Oded Zehavi attended the dress rehearsal today of György Kurtag’s late opera, Fin de Partie: There are similarities between Endgame and Wozzeck. Musical interpretation of great literary text is not easy: it […]
Martha Argerich at synagogue
This is Martha on the eve of Yom Kippur visiting the beautiful synagogue that now serves as the Jewish Musem in Bucharest. photo: social media The post Martha Argerich at synagogue appeared first on Slippedisc.
Zubin in Belgrade: Hurry up with that hall
A report from Jonathan Sutherland: Zubin Mehta made his debut with the Belgrade Philharmonic in 1958 immediately after winning the Liverpool International Conductors Competition. He was 22 years old. The Bombay-born maestro, now 88, has […]
What Minnesota is prepared to pay an international pianist
The job advert below speaks for itself. The University of Minnesota in Duluth is seeking an Assistant/Associate Professor of Piano. The applicant is expected to have a DMA or PhD, along with ‘international and national […]
UK orchestra bass dies ‘in unexpected circumstances’
The death has been made known of Mat Heighway, a highly popular member of the Jersey Chamber Orchestra and Jersey Symphony Orchestra, among other ensembles. Mat was 46. Rosie Knighton has posted on Fb: ‘Terry […]
Latest Posts
