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The opening of the Haifa Symphony season was cancelled due to uninvited missiles from Hezbollah. The Israel Camerata Jerusalem is also maimed by the absence of soloist Matt Haimovitz, who was unable to get a […]

The Boston Pops soloist this weekend was the city mayor, Michelle Wu. Yuja’s got some way to go. Wu 吳弭 said: It’s why I love this city: I had a wonderful time performing “Rhapsody in […]

String players are mourning the sudden passing of Professor Yizhak Schotten, a former player in the Boston Symphony who went on to become principal viola of the Cincinnati and Houston symphony orchestras. Six years ago […]

In his speech to the Labour Party conference, the prime minister Starmer stressed the need to give opportunities to children, talking of his love of learning flute as a child. His first trip abroad, he […]

The Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen has cancelled concerts for the rest of 2024 in ‘a final attempt to secure the ensemble’s survival’. Founded in 1990, Athelas has been a beacon of contemporary music, Danish and international. […]

The head of Universal Classics and Jazz has been made Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK. He replaces David Joseph, who is leaving after 17 years to pursue a Masters in Religion and Theology […]

The Metropolitan Opera has promoted John Upton to principal oboe. He has been an associate in the section for the past five years. The post Met instals principal oboe appeared first on Slippedisc.

The Boston Symphony cellist Luis Leguia had a eureka moment while out sailing on his catamaran. Seeing the new fibreglass materials used in making seaworthy vessels, he wondered if they could not be applied to […]

Leipzigers attended a free premiere on Saturday of one of the recent Mozart discoveries, a 12-minute trio titled Serenate ex C. It is listed in the new Köchel catalogue as the “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik”, or ‘very […]