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In his speech to the Labour Party conference, the prime minister Starmer stressed the need to give opportunities to children, talking of his love of learning flute as a child. His first trip abroad, he […]

The Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen has cancelled concerts for the rest of 2024 in ‘a final attempt to secure the ensemble’s survival’. Founded in 1990, Athelas has been a beacon of contemporary music, Danish and international. […]

The head of Universal Classics and Jazz has been made Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK. He replaces David Joseph, who is leaving after 17 years to pursue a Masters in Religion and Theology […]

The Metropolitan Opera has promoted John Upton to principal oboe. He has been an associate in the section for the past five years. The post Met instals principal oboe appeared first on Slippedisc.

The Boston Symphony cellist Luis Leguia had a eureka moment while out sailing on his catamaran. Seeing the new fibreglass materials used in making seaworthy vessels, he wondered if they could not be applied to […]

Leipzigers attended a free premiere on Saturday of one of the recent Mozart discoveries, a 12-minute trio titled Serenate ex C. It is listed in the new Köchel catalogue as the “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik”, or ‘very […]

Some part of me wishes this was fiction. Or irony. Press release:   Derrick Gee is the Elbphilharmonie’s new Creator in Residence Hamburg, 24 September 2024: The new Creator in Residence at the Elbphilharmonie is […]

Much fuss is being made around Jeanine Tessori’s ‘Grounded’ which launched the Met’s season with a gala premiere last night, the first woman composer to occupy the first-night slot. The opera is a cut-down version […]

Kwamé Ryan, music director of the Charlotte Symphony, says he owes it all to Cbeebies: … Whenever I hear people refer to orchestral music as arcane or incompatible with young ears, it occurs to me […]