US violinist Mayumi Kanagawa (centre among the finalists) has won this year’s George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest with a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns’s 3rd concerto. Second was South Korea’s Hyeonjeong Lee, aged 13. Japan’s […]
From a correspondent: I am a retired full time chorister who worked at the Lyric Opera of Chicago from the mid-1970s until recently. When I started, I made $125/week for 13 weeks and about $4/hr […]
Dr Harry Brunjes, who has presided over ten years of destruction at English National Opera, is stepping down. He has resisted that move valiantly for a very long time. The good doctor may now enjoy […]
We hear that Elim Chan, the sought-after Hong Kong conductor, is leaving Classic Concert Management GmbH in Berlin to join Intermusica in London. No-one’s giving any reasons yet, but CCM have just three conductors on […]
The composer John Mackey has reported the death of his friend, Robert Carnochan, Professor of Conducting at the University of Miami and Chair of Instrumental Performance and Director of Bands at the Frost School of […]
Statement by Equity, acting for the endangered chorus of Welsh National Opera: Equity members in the chorus of the Welsh National Opera will pause their first and second days of strike action, previously planned for […]
We’ve had our attention drawn to two paragraphs in the jury instructions, showing how female contestants receive preferential treatment. The clauses are these: 4.6 If there are two candidates with equal scores competing for one […]
The Dover Quartet, which positioned itself ‘to take up the mantle of the Emersons’ has suffered a setback with the withdrawal of violist Julianne Lee. She has decided she prefers her old job in the […]
First Jurgen Klopp, now Michael Eakin. The chief executive said today he will retire next year after 16 years as CEO of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Michael has been a beacon of stability in […]
The musicians have begun picketing concertgoers at David Geffen Hall over their stalled wage negotiations. Earning $50k less than colleagues in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, they tell the New York Times today, ‘threatens our […]
