The Budapest Festival Orchestra will give a free concert on August 31 on Heroes’ Square with musicians from both sides of two conflicts. JS Bach’s concerto for two violins will feature Diana Tishchenko from Ukrainian […]
Message from Andreas Schrager: Leider muss ich aufgrund einer Infektion der oberen Atemwege die heutige Vorstellung „Parsifal“ absagen. Ich möchte mich bei allen, die sich meinetwegen Karten dafür gekauft hatten, aufrichtig entschuldigen. Diese Entzündung machte […]
To mark its 25th anniversary, the Dresden Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by a robot in a new work at the Hellerau Festival Hall in October. According to the orchestra, the rhythmic subtlety and cross-tempos […]
From an article by Emily O’Sullivan in The Left Berlin journal: I was hired some months ago by the Münchener Bach Orchester to lead the viola section during a performance of Mendelssohn’s monumental Elias. … […]
A former Presbyterian church that stopped services during Covid has been confirmed as the new home of the Ulster Orchestra. The orchestra has received £268,000 from the Foyle Foundation, a charity created by the owners […]
The fabulous Portuguese singer Misia died in Lison of cancer last week. She was 69. Portugal’s Culture Minister Dalila Rodrigues called her ‘a fundamental voice in the renewal of fado’. This is what we’ll miss. […]
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin has renewed hi contract at the Metropolitan Opera until 2023. There was never any doubt that he would. General manager Peter Gelb said, ‘The Met is very fortunate to have one […]
Church sources report that Ian Keatley, director of music at Southwark Cathedral, has collapsed and died while on holiday. Ian was 42. No further details have been communicated. The Ulster Society of Organists and Choirmasters […]
The former opera singer Nikola David has been named as the victim of a violent crime in Augsburg on Friday. Police say there did not appear to be an anti-semitic motivation. David, who came from […]
The world’s most sought-after dramatic soprano joins me for 45 minutes of hard talk this weekend. Lise Davidsen discusses her sports career, getting rejected by the best conservatoire, living with a huge instrument … and […]
