The tennis champion has been hamming it up in Croatia with violinist Julian Rachlin and his wife violist Sarah McElravy. Watch. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Julian Rachlin (@julianrachlin) The post […]
From the Times’s full-page obit of Zamira Menuhin: Speaking of how Yehudi Menuhin’s desire to change the world never ended, she told how he was patron of more than 200 charities. “He just couldn’t say […]
The master-minimalist, 87, is spending August in Nova Scotia, according to online feeds. No sign of his inseparable cat. The post Composers in summer (1): Philip Glass appeared first on Slippedisc.
Seattle Opera has named James Robinson, artistic director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, as its next general and artistic director. Robinson, 61, is best known for directing Terence Blanchard’s opera Fire Shut Up in […]
The young German conductor Dominik Beykirch has handed in his notice at the German National Theatre and Staatskapelle Weimar. Beykirch, now 32, was promoted to chief in the early months of Covid, having worked in […]
Ahmed Mater- Chronicles Click here to watch Ahmed Mater, an artist from Saudi Arabia whose art encompasses painting, photography, sculpture, land art, and all manner of expression, talks movingly about his work which is currently […]
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has just announced Dr. Mariko Silver — ‘a leader in the fields of philanthropy, education, government, and the arts’ — as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. The […]
The Royal Northern Sinfonia has conveyed the death of viola player Malcolm Critten, who stepped down recently after 37 years. A fabulous musician, an incredibly kind human being, and a passionate cyclist, Malcolm will be […]
The budget label made its critical breakthrough in the late 1990s with a cycle of Bruckner symphonies conducted by the little-known Canada-based conductor Georg Tintner. A Hitler exile from Vienna, Tintner brought idiomatic assurance to […]
In our exclusive list of long-serving orchestral players, Frances Darger came in at #2 for playing 70 years in the violins of the Utah Symphony. On retirement, twelve years ago, she found a new hobby […]
