First reviews of Adams’ third concerto for piano and orchestra are warmly receptive. Gabe Meline on KQED: … After opening with cascading notes on harp and celeste reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo score, Thursday’s world premiere at […]
Today’s the day Sir Simon Rattle blows out 70 candles. Among many tributes, we have selected this beautiful article by Ariane Todes, former editor of Strad magazine, describing what it was like to play in […]
The tenor has commented on the death of Klemens Haselsteiner, son of the founder of the Erl Festival, of which he is artistic director. Klemens Haselsteiner died of an unsuspected aneurysm. Kaufmann writes: The […]
The Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare, an El Sistema alumnus who is very friendly with Gustavo Dudamel, has started a Sistema initiative in Montreal, where he is music director of the symphony orchestra. El Sistema is […]
The Israel Philharmonic this morning signed Lahav Shani for a second five-year term as music director, taking him to the 2031-2032 season. Shani, 36, lives in Berlin, close to his mentor Daniel Barenboim. He is […]
Actress and Inventor Click here to watch By all accounts, Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler was a difficult woman. As the film star Hedy Lamarr, she not only alienated the directors and actors she worked with […]
The death has been announced in Kassel, Germany, of Claire van Kampen, playwright, director and composer, who served as an expert on Tudor Music in the BBC’s Wolf Hall series, starring her husband Sir Mark […]
Alexandre Solopov died on January 13 in Montreal, Canada. Born in Vladivostok, Sasha moved to Moscow at age 16, graduating from the classes of Lev Vlassenko and Mikhail Pletnev. He moved to Montreal in 1996 […]
Message received: Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is proud to announce the winners for this year’s Concert of Arias, the 37th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, held this evening at the Wortham Theater Center […]
The upheavals we have reported at the flagship New York church have claimed a heavyweight sacrifice. Memo from the Rector: Dear Choir School Alumni and Families, I write to inform you of an important development […]
