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The French cellist Ophélie Gaillard had her 1737 Goffriller instrument stolen in Paris in 2018, then mysteriously returned – left in a car under the window of her home. This time was much worse. ‘Thieves […]

The journalist Tobias Wolff who has been in charge of the company since 2022 is not having his contract renewed. He will leave in 2027, with more than 30 new productions still to come. Despite […]

Faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music have voted 56-25 to join the American Federation of Musicians. ‘This is a historic vote and a signal to the world that CIM will remain one of the […]

So vociferous were the boos last night for Kirill Serebrennikov’s new production of Verdi’s Don Carlo that, before Elisabeth’s third-act aria Tu che le vanita’, conductor Philippe Jordan speared a white cloth with his baton […]

Stratford Fest – All’s Well Click here to rent or subscribe Set against the backdrop of the First World War, this Stratford Festival production reimagines Shakespeare’s comedy of unrequited love. In a daring adaptation by Scott […]

The Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media has signed a cheque for a the new Richard Wagner Academy at the Dresdner Musikfestspiele. Jan Vogler’s festival has become the space-lab for trying out Wagner operas in […]

I attended the former church last night for a concert by the ‘radical’ Manchester Collective, a string quartet playing works by contemporary British composers. Nothing to frighten the horses, though I was much taken with […]

No sooner had the musicians authorised a pay strike than the management of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC took to social media to post a series of aggressive claims – which, musicians tell us, […]

The Joachim violin competition in Hanover has chosen its finalists. They are: Angela Chan, 27, Hong Kong/China, Kyumin Park, 27, South Korea, Jacques Forestier, 19, Canada. Results on Saturday night. The post Another Canadian winner? […]

From a Barrons interview with Weston Sprott, dean and director of the Preparatory Division at the Juilliard School, and trombonist in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra. I balance full-time teaching at Juilliard and full-time performing with […]