LA Phil violist Mick Wetzel has collected a range of insights that he’s gathered from sitting with Gustavo Dudamel in auditions for new players. His thoughts are published on Laurie Niels’s site violinist.com and are […]
Coming to the West End next month: Mozart: Her Story – The New Musical shines a unique light on a classic story told through the eyes of Nan, Wolfgang’s rebellious sister, who attempts to break […]
We have received news of the death yesterday of the much-recorded Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak. After coming sixth in the 1970 Chopin Competition, won by the American Garrick Ohlsson (with Mitsuko Uchida in second place), […]
The outstanding British-Hungarian violinist György Pauk has owned and played the Massart Strad of 1714 almost all his musical life. He hates to see it idle so, he tells us, ‘I have decided that I […]
The Azrieli Music, Arts and Culture Centre presents its biennial Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) Gala Concert at Maison symphonique de Montréal on October 28, 2024, at 7:30 pm ET. The magnificent Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal […]
A packed Barbican Hall tonight experienced the miracle of Mahler’s second symphony made all the more miraculous by the conducting of Michael Tilson Thomas, who has survived brain cancer. This was MTT’s gift to London […]
Pianist Ryan Wang, from Vancouver, Canada, was tonight proclaimed winner of BBC Young Musician 2024. Wang, 17, is a student at Eton. He has been playing since age four. The post Canadian wins BBC Young […]
Bob Riley, CEO of Manchester Camerata, has warned strongly against a proposed deal with Opera North that would demolish Northern Ballet Sinfonia. He’s calling for greater transparency and an awareness of the impact of any […]
We understand that Laura Chen and her husband Robert have been removed from the Aspen Music Festival and School faculty after a number of parental complaints about comments made to students. Robert Chen is concertmaster […]
The desperate San Antonio Philharmonic has signed a deal to perform at the Scottish Rite Auditorium, a Masonic self-designated cathedral. By way of welcome, music director Jeffrey Kahane and Executive Director Robert Trevino are planning […]
