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The eminent Rome oboist Carlo Romano has announced the death of his senior colleague Bruno Incagnoli, retired principal oboe of the of the Rai Symphony Orchestra of Rome. Incagnoli was 88. Carlo writes: ‘Bruno was […]

We have been hearing of senior redundancies at ON, which are denied. This, however, is the official line: ‘Opera North has announced this week that it has undertaken a leadership review that aims to put […]

We have received outraged responses from musicians to a Facebook sermon by the Dean of Winchester, the Very Revd Catherine Ogle, in which promises that ‘choral music will be at the heart of all that […]

Dear Alma, I am finishing a year of teaching at a university as a sabbatical replacement for an acquaintance. My duties span the usual – a studio of undergraduate to PhD students (mix education and […]

David Krauss’s latest guest on Speaking Soundly is the outstanding American tenor Lawrence Brownlee. His ascent was not easy. He sang Tamino in The Magic Flute before he had ever seen an opera. He was […]

The The Dayton Philharmmonic Orchestra has chosen Keitaro Harada as its next Music and Artistic Director. He is 39 and has another orchestra in Georgia, the Savannah Philharmonic. Harada succeeds Neil Gittelman, who is retiring […]

The Royal Opera has selected seven artists for its Jette Parker two-year training programme. They are: Mezzo-soprano Jingwen Cai (China) Soprano Marianna Hovanisyan (Armenia) Bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson (UK) Baritone Siphe Kwani (South Africa) Pianist Richard […]

A po-faced press release from the Dutch orchestra: We are pleased to announce that our new management will take office on August 19, 2024. From that date, Rob Streevelaar is General Manager and Piet van […]

The violinist and conductor Andre Rieu poses on social media today with his favourite vegetable. Anyone got more pics of maestros with marrows, solisten mit Spinatblätter, or clarinettistes avec des carrottes? The post A celeried […]

The recording of the complete Bruckner symphonies, conducted by Maestro Rémy Ballot in the Basilica Church of St Florian has been shadowed by the sudden death of Thomas Wall, one of its chief instigators. Thomas […]