LA Phil upgrades two more V-Ps
They may have no chief conductor in sight, and no clear strategic goals, but for want of anything better to do the payroll-heavy LA Phil just keeps on promoting its own. We hear that Cynthia […]
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No-name gives $15 million to US orchestra
They’re not quite sure what’s hit them in Jacksonville, Florida. An anonymous donor has dropped in with 15 million, the biggest gift they have ever seen. Music Director Courtney Lewis says the money will go […]
Scots fling at Saxon season
Sir James MacMillan (pic) has been named Composer in Residence next season at the Dresden Philharmonie, where the chief conductor is Sir Donald Runnicles. Among the works to be performed is MacMillan’s fourth symphony, dedicated […]
Label news: Decca expands kindergarten
The Universal-owned UK label today signed a violinist, aged 13. Her name is Himari and she’s from Japan. She’s due to make her European debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in the first Wieniawski concerto on […]
Paris theatre is cleared of migrant occupation
Three months after it was squatted by 200 homeless migrants and their supporters, the Belleville cultural centre La Gaité Lyrique was finally evacuated yesterday after an intervention by the minister of culture, Rachida Dati. The […]
Trump may present Kennedy awards himself
The NY Times has obtained an audio recording of President Trump’s first board meeting at the Kennedy Center. During the board meeting Mr. Trump floated the idea of hosting the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony himself… […]
This Dutchman just won’t fly
First, Munich lost Asmik, its intended Senta. The the Dutchman pulled out. Now the conductor’s called in sick. In den Vorstellungen von Der fliegende Holländer am 25., 28. und 31. März 2025 übernimmt Patrick Lange die Musikalische […]
Booed J D Vance gets back at Kennedy Center
The image below has gone up on a wall at the stage door of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC, days after the Veep was booed at a symphony concert. View […]
Rat-poison concertmaster is back in court
A Hannover musician convicted of trying to poison two of his colleagues in the Schleswig-Holstein Symphonty Orchestra is back in court today after a superior court overturned part of the original verdict of attempted murder. […]
Just in: Polar dancing for Hannigan, Hancock and Queen
The Polar Music Prize for 2025 was announced this morning. The recipients are singer-condcutor Barbara Hannigan, the jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and the legacy rock group, Queen. Each receives a million Swedish crowns (US$93,897) and […]
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