classical

Marshall Brickman played banjo in Moscow and gave Bob Dylan his first roof in New York before he met Woody Allen, who changed his life. ‘: Woody Allen. ‘I would stand at the back of […]

Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner of the CDU is not hardening his plan to cut 12 percent from the city’s art spend. He says: ‘I think we have to get away from the mentality of ‘we […]

We have been reminded of the BBC’s 1983 super-slow mini-series on the domestic life of Richard Wagner. The composer was played by Richard Burton, Cosima by Vanessa Redgrave. It gets worse as you go down […]

Six and a half years after the tumultuous departure of Gianandrea Noseda, the Teatro Regio in Turin has finally appointed another music director. He is Andrea Battistoni, 37, a versatile musician from Verona. He is […]

From my monthly essay in the new issue of The Critic magazine: I remember well the day the symphony died. It was August 1975, and I was sitting in a television newsroom when the teleprinter […]

Meet Speranza Scappucci, who becomes principal guest at the Royal Opera next September. She’s getting to know the orchestra on Puccini anniversary weekend. Speranza Scappucci, 51, made her debut at the house two years ago […]

Message received: HM Chapel Royal  Hampton Court Palace  Carl Jackson MVO has announced his retirement as Director of Music of His Majesty’s  Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace at the end of August 2025.  Carl has […]

John Leech who, with his wife Noretta Conci, created the Keyboard Charitable Trust, died on Friday a week ago at the age of 99. He received a private family funeral. The Keyboard Charitable Trust helps […]

A reader informs us that Windows in Newcastle, an outstanding record shop with a colossal stock of classical CDs, has closed after 115 years as a purveyor of good music. Shops like Windows will never […]

From the wires: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFOR) – A man is dead, and another was detained after his wife said he was shot and killed in a dispute over loud music in Florida on Thanksgiving. […]