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Two dropped out in the week the competition started. A third, China’s Xiaofu Ju, withdrew ‘for medical reasons’ as the quarter-finalists were about to be announced.   The following 17 are still in the running: […]

Join Jeff Rosenheim, Curator in Charge of Photographs at the Met, for this charming little film. It gives a closer look at the extraordinary group of tintypes from the William L Schaeffer Collection  featured in […]

Liz Mohn Foundation’s Neue Stimmen Finalists’ Concert has established itself as one of the world’s most important events for promoting emerging talent. The names of former winners such as Vesselina Kasarova, Franco Fagioli, Marina Rebeka and […]

Liz Mohn Foundation’s Neue Stimmen singing competition has established itself as one of the world’s most important events for promoting emerging talent. The names of former winners such as Vesselina Kasarova, Franco Fagioli, Marina Rebeka and Elsa […]

Ted Shawn Click here to watch For anyone interested in the early history of modern dance, here is a fascinating film snippet from 1937.  Ted Shawn, the dancer and choreographer who founded Jacob’s Pillow in the 1930s, […]

Enjoy. Six years ago: The post New online: Kaija Saariaho’s violin concerto appeared first on Slippedisc.

A Belgian tailor is kitting out the Brussels Philharmonic in restructured jackets for the finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, with a view to improve their freedom of arm movement. They say: The jacket is […]

Tanja Dorn will personally manage the young German pianist Colin Pütz, who her agency signed this week. Colin Pütz, born 2007, has a close relationship with conductor Cristian Măcelaru, who booked him at WDR for […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Rachmaninoff had large hands and enormous fingers. He wrote concertos for himself to play. The third, in D minor, had its US premieres in Carnegie Hall with Walter […]

Message from the group, successors to the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble: We have devastating news that our friend and colleague Richard Edwards passed away last night. On behalf of all his dearest friends at London […]