classical

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang has received the long-term use of the 1702 ‘Thunis’ Stradivarius, once owned by the widow of Eugène Ysaye. The loan was made by Kia Motors, for whom Kang now acts as a […]

Scientists at King’s College London believe they can accurately predict changes in musicians’ heart rates while playing. The experiment collected data on the heart rates of musicians playing the Andante con moto from Schubert’s Trio […]

The Cathedral in Regensburg, home of the last Pope, allowed girls into its choir for the first time this week. The post The first girls in Regensburg appeared first on Slippedisc.

Powell v Charisse A delicious rivalry has emerged among my dance-mad readers following my assertion that Eleanor Powell was the greatest movie tap dancer of all time, Fred Astaire included. Outrage in the ranks! What […]

During Covid, a group of synagogue cantors segued the Leonard Cohen song back into its New Year original. The soloist Julia Danielle Smulson is a real jazz talent, winner of an Ella Fitzgerald award. The […]

It has emerged that the all-poweful chief of the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky has ordered a 500-seat concert hall in his home town of Vladikavkaz, in northern Ossetia. The hall was constructed in an abandoned […]

The violinist Jonny Gandelsman of New Paltz, NY, has been granted a MacArthur Fellowship for ‘reimagining classical works and nurturing the creation of new music across styles and genres’. The Moscow-born artist receives a $800,000, […]

A group of singers rehearsing an October 7 memorial concert were forced to take shelter yesterday in the basement of the Israel Opera as 181 ballistic missiles from Iran rained down. Underground, they carried on […]

The orchestra has informed patrons that its season-opening concerts last night and today in Tel Aviv are off  ‘in vew of the extreme security situation’. The concerts featured Mendelssohn’s violin concerto with Maxim Vengerov and […]

A message to faculty from board chair Susan Rothman announced the replacement of the faculty senate with a ‘transitional faculty council’, comprising five teachers and three administrators. This, she pledges, is a step towards shared […]