The SF Symphony Orchestra has announced seven new recruits for what will be Esa-Peklka Salonen’s final season as music director. We hpope they know what they’re diving into. The newbies are: Bass Trombone Christopher Bassett, […]
The budding conductor Aliisa Neige Barriere, daughter of the late composer Kaija Saariaho, gets the biggest opportuinity of her career this weekend. Designated Young Artist of the Year at the Mikkeli Festival in Finland, Aliisa […]
Meet the Millenium (sic) Ensemble of Dresden. Somebody needed to proofread their branding. One missing letter can spell an awful lot of embarrassment. The post The German ensemble that can’t spell its name appeared first […]
They are Assistant Principal Bass Tobias (Toby) Vigneau (pictutred) and second violin section members John Bian, Eliot Heaton, and MuChen Hsieh. They come from major orchestras in New Mexico, Milwaukee, Detroit and Houston. […]
The premier English rural choral festival has reached deep into the Australian outback for its next CEO. David Francis is head of Wollongong Conservatorium of Music. Before that he worked for the BBC Symphony Chorus, […]
In the company of the emerging artist from Warsaw’s Opera Academy, Operatic Oniricon is a presentation of Italian arias and ensembles in the form of a journey into the subconscious. As a tribute to the realm of […]
It has been announced that the half-banned Russian soprano will make her first US appearance in six years at a forthcoming gala for Palm Beach Opera in February. The company is located in Florida, where […]
Chicago’s Lyric Opera has appointed John Mangum of the Houston Symphony to be its next general director. In an interview to be published next Tuesday, he tells Janos Gereben of San Francisco Classical Voice: ‘I’ve […]
Dear Alma, I left my oboe on the train last week. It’s the third time in as many years. The first I blamed on Covid stress. The second was during my divorce. But this time […]
Bob Newhart – On the Record (1992) The best way to understand how a “button-down” office drone can take up a perennial presence in our memory is to watch Bob Newhart. This stand-up comedian turned […]
