Jekyll & Hyde – Reading Rep Theatre Click here to rent Forbes Mason stars in Gary McNair’s captivating and comic one-person play which was filmed at Dundee Rep Theatre in February and is now available […]
From a press release: While visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany, Ion Zanca, founder of Dallas String Quartet, discovered a cruel chapter of his own heritage. Amidst the barbed wire and walls of the […]
It looks like the Chicago opera house has found a successor to Anthony Freud (pictured). Dear Colleagues, Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday July 31, 2024, from 11am – 12pm for a special company meeting to […]
We have been informed of the death of Brian Buggy, influential music director of the Sydney Youth Orchestra. The post Australian conductor dies appeared first on Slippedisc.
The UK’s Northern Chamber Orchestra, headless for the past two years, has named a leading duo. Zöe Beyers (pictured right), concertmaster of the BBC Philharmonic, will be artistic director. Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, former Halle Orchestra violinist […]
Berthe Morisot’s ‘Summer’s Day‘ in the National Gallery is one of my favourite Impressionist paintings. The artist uses distinctive zig-zag brushstrokes and an extraordinary interplay of light and colour in this wonderful painting of two women […]
A players’ meeting of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra voted last night to extend Lahav Shani’s contract as chief conductor by five years to 2029. Shani, 35, is also chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic for […]
French media are complaining that the Orchestre de Paris and its Finnish conductor were not seen on global television during the Olympic Games opening parade. The only orchestra in view was the Orchestre National de […]
Tali Barash Gottlieb, Executive Director at Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation and a hugely successful fundraiser, has been named chief executive of the Israel Opera. She has been a fixture at the Israel Phil for 26 […]
The Romanian Cristian Macelaru who conducted the Orchestre National de France through torrential rain at the Olympic Games opening has tweeted some pictures and impressions. Cristian says: ‘The experience of being at the heart of […]
