Henze is back on boards
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 […]
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Orchestra accompanies all-in wrestling
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 […]
None shall have prizes: latest results
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 […]
Coliseum to perform Opera for Babies
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 […]
London cop runs an emergency-services orchestra
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 […]
Met concertmaster takes job in Taiwan
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 […]
Breaking: Concertmaster is out in new LA Phil crisis
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, […]
Concours de Genève Singing Competition
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 […]
Kanneh-Mason father to chair major charity
The music education charity Music Masters has appointed Stuart Mason as Chair of its Board of Trustees, replacing Simon Freakley who steps down after twelve years. Currently on the Board at Music Masters and Wigmore […]
Death of a US composer in Munich
The composer Laurence Traiger died suddenly on October 18. He was 68. Originally from Bellmore, Long Island, he had lived in Europe since 1976. Traiger taught at the Munich Academy and the Innsbruck branch of […]
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