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Utah Symphony and Opera have received a hige gift from a family whose commitment to its work dates back to the formative conductor, Maurice Abravanel. Here’s the press release: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (March 21, […]

The music community in Boston is mourning the livewire known as Scott Nickrenz. Scott was responsible for concert programming at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for 26 years. Before that he was director of chamber […]

From an article in The Atlantic: … Most scheduled performers have not canceled. In the first month of Trump’s chairmanship, the Center hosted a children’s play based on the Navajo creation myth; a class on […]

The death has been announced of the Ukrainian composer Yakov Gubanov, aged 71. His legacy includes six symphonies, a violin concerto and much other orchestral music. He credited Dmitri Shostakovich with a profound influence on […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: These double-albums left me feeling uncomfortable. Ravel is a miniaturist, a maker of exquisite small things that drop into your consciousness like olive oil into a bowl of […]

This may be the most heartwarming press release of our week:   Seven violin makers will spend a weekend at Manchester Museum repairing violas and cellos for the new Olympias Recycled Orchestra programme. This new […]

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This is slightly different, less a trailer than a mini-tour by an established artist, Sarah Sze, of three recently acquired works by the Met which inspire her and which help to convince her that she […]

The Nevill Holt festival in Leicestershire, which has modified its original definition as a countryhouse opera event to ‘an arts and cultural festival’, has unveiled its big draw of the summer. Big announcement! Boris Johnson […]

“The cycle of sorry and the Flattened muscle of the forgiven / The forgotten democracy and the country we leave to our children…” So begins “Forgiveness.” Words written and to be spoken by Marc Bamuthi […]