The exiled Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov paid a call yesterday on his contemporary Arvo Pärt in his Estonian retreat. The Estonia Hall in Talinn is putting on a Silvestrov concert tonight. The post Two composers […]
Two weeks after the passing of the Geneva and Paris opera chief Hugues Gall, he has been followed by his longstanding partner, the dancer and choreigrapher Eric Vu-An. Eric was 60. He died of cancer […]
The Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition has been won by the South Korean baritone Jungrae Noah Kim. Of the 121 contestants from 39 nations who made it into the finals in the Latvian town of […]
Birmingham Opera Company is about to perform Tippett’s opera New Year. It is an extremely rare event, dividing opinions sharply on itsm merits. Keith Warner will direct. BOC Music Director Alpesh Chauhan will conduct the […]
… One of several racist slogans smeared on an Israeli-owned jazz club in New York which was attacked by racists with red paint. Report here. pictured: Club owner Omer Avital The post ‘Zionists can’t make […]
Royal Liverpool Phil’s Sandra Parr has reported the death of former Merseyside Youth Orchestra star Tim Watts. Timothy went on to become 2nd oboe of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Oboe of English Touring […]
Moscow-trained Ilya Shmukler, 27, has swept the board at the Geza Anda piano competition in Geneva. He won the main prize, audience prize and the young jury’s vote, plus best Mozart performance. The post […]
We hear that Mariko Wyrick has won the cello vacancy in the hotly competed Metropolitan Opera Orchestra auditions after three rounds behind the screen. Mariko, from California, plays with her sister in the American Ballet […]
Antonio Moral’s final festival as saviour-director of the Granada Festival opened this weekend with two bangs. The rarely-sighted Kirill Petrenko gave an explosive Bruckner fifth with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, a performance which ended […]
Dear Alma, I am a shrink with some issues. My consulting rooms are near the concert hall. I was not surprised when one of the philharmonic musicians came to see me. I was a little […]
