In a rare toe-dip into contemporary music, the Vienna Philharmonic will tonight play Bruno Hartl’s Ballad for Large Orchestra, ahead of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Hartl was a timpanist in the orchestra. He retired early in […]
Carlos Acosta Masterclass This one is only for real ballet freaks but for those of us who love the nuts and bolts of how great art is made, this is a treat. It’s a masterclass […]
The Malaysian pianist Magdalene Ho, who lives in London, has come top of the German contest. Ho, 21, last year won the Clara Haskil. She’s a student at the Royal College of Music. The post […]
Maria Mot’s boutique London-based management has signed the in-demand Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova. Formerly with Hilbert in Munich, Gubanova now shares an agent with Lise Davidsen, Ruxandra Donose and Gerald Finley. In other moves, Askonas […]
In a reshuffle following Dickon Stainer’s promotion to head of UK, Natasha Baldwin has been appointed President, Global Classics, Jazz & Screen. She will not have overview of Decca, DG and Verve, as well as […]
The Royal Opera has created a new post of associate director for Netia Jones. She will take charge of the indeterminate Linbury Theatre and share responsibility with Oliver Mears for commissioning new work in the […]
From the Times obituary of the sadly missed Laura Samuel: … During her first weeks studying violin at the Royal College of Music with Itzhak Rashkovsky she met the Romanian violinist Corina Belcea. Together they […]
Le Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace has joined up with Opéra national du Rhin to issue an official joint portrait of their famous first teams. The poster goes on sale in Strasbourg today. Marc Keller, […]
Faced with rising seasonal demand, the Bolshoi theatre has reserved some tickets for the December Nutcracker run to be sold in an online auction. Due to soaring wartime inflation, most Bolshoi tickets have doubled in […]
Voltaire and Candide Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) was better known under his nom de plume of Voltaire. He was born 330 years ago this week on Nov 21 1694. He was an historian and philosopher of […]
