Message received: Iván Fischer and his two orchestras launch European Orchestra Academy This Monday, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra and the Music Director of both ensembles, Iván Fischer, will join forces […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Music of the Second Vienna School was condemned as noise on first reception. How deaf is that? The greatest asset of these revolutionary works is their quietude. The […]
The joinet winners of the Domingo family’s Operalia competition in Mumbai are US soprano Kathleen O’Mara and Chinese bass-baritone Le Bu (pictured). The audience prize was shared by Azeri mezzo-soprano Elmina Hasan and English baritone […]
The veteran polymath Richard Dyer who reviewed music, film and literature in the Boston Globe for half a century died today at Mass General Hospital. Tim Page writes: ‘He was a master — one of […]
Endings-Jacob’s Pillow Click here to watch The summer dance festival in the Berkshires, Jacob’s Pillow, has released this splendid video of some of the dance companies that visited the festival this summer, short reminders of the […]
This autumn, join Wigmore Hall for a major two-week celebration of piano music with a series of captivating performances by some of the world’s most distinguished pianists. With lunchtime and evening concerts across the festival, […]
Finavia and the Finnish National Opera and Ballet this week installed a loop of opera and ballet at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to distract passengers while they wait for flights and luggage. The loop, lasting 20 minutes, […]
The latest update to the catalogue of Mozart’s works, published yesterday after 18 years in the making, is 1,392 pages long and weighs 3kg. It contains 95 new listings, among them a 12-minute string trio […]
This week’s unexpected Billboard chart-topper is a studio retake of ‘Mea Culpa/ca ira’ from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. It features heavy metal band Gojira and mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti. Missing from the credits on the […]
Dear Alma, My teacher made a public display of me in studio class today and I froze with nervousness. He was not happy with my intonation, and and instead of phrasing it in a constructive […]
