Judge sets bail for ICE-seized Utah violinist
A judge in Colorado has set bail at $25,000 for John Shin to be set free, pending an immigration hearing. That is more than Shin earns in a year. Reporter Allison Sherry of CPR News […]
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If the Finn fits
Canada’s National Arts Centre last night appointed John Storgårds as the eighth music director of its resident orchestra. Storgårds, 62, is also chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester. Storgårds is Finnish. So is […]
Esa-Pekka explains his three new roles
It’s three jobs in two cities: I am happy to announce that I will begin three new positions in coming seasons: Creative Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Creativity and Innovation Chair of the Philharmonie […]
Breaking: New chief at Barbican (yes, another one)
The Corporation of the City of London has named a new chief executive for the Babrican Centre after a yearlong search. The incoming CEO is Abigail Pogson, presently head of the Glasshouse in Gateshead and […]
Breaking: Esa-Pekka Salonen becomes chief conductor in Paris and creative director in LA
As predicted on slippedisc.com, Esa-Pekka Salonen was this morning named Principal Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris and Creativity and Innovation Chair at the Philharmonie hall where the orchestra is resident. Salonen, 67, will also […]
Watch out: Soprano is tripped by nude torso
From Graham Spicer’s Gramilano: The Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago saw the opening of Manon Lescaut, the last opera of the 2025 open-air season, on Saturday 30 August. Giacomo Puccini wrote the opera at his home […]
MP found dead was a student of Harrison Birtwistle
The former Tory MP David Warburton, found dead in his Chelsea home, had early hopes of being a composer. He receoived a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, studying with Edwin Roxburgh, Jeremy Dale Roberts […]
Biz break: Manager walks off with 50 singers
The artists manager Marcin Kopec, formerly of the TACT agency, is setting up his own business in London this morning under the business name MKImpressari. Artists on the new MK list include Aigul Akhmetshina (pictured), […]
Peter Gelb admits: The Met has lost half its cinema audience
First the Met at movie houses destroyed the live New York audience. Now, Gelb admits, his big idea has eaten itself. From an interview with El Pais (Spain): ‘When I took the position in 2006, […]
The Argentine accordionist who conquered France
The death has been reported of Raul Barboza, master of the accordion who weaned the French off their wheezy soundscape onto a Latinate cosmopolitanism. Raul was 87. He migrated to France almost half a lifetime […]
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