Two US orchestra CEOs quit
Orchestra Lumos – formerly the Stamford Symphony – is losing its President and CEO at the end of this year. Russell Jones, formerly head of the Association of British Orchestras, says he wants ‘to explore […]
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Finns and scales: Baton bumps at Sibelius Academy
Veda Siren reports in the Sanomat that Sakari Oramo has resigned as professor, saying: ‘The Sibelius Academy has been lost, it has grown too big and multidisciplinary, and the content does not seem to matter […]
Piano tutor dies in marital violence
A GoFundMe page has been set up for the Chinese family of pianist Weilu Liu, who died in a murder-suicide with her violent husband Jonathan Rivera in Gainesville, Florida. Weilu had come to the US […]
Sad death of UK singing advocate, 61
The death has taken place in a London hospital of the much-loved singer and teacher Michael Harper. After a stage career in Europe and Asia, Michael Harper became Professor of Singing at the Royal Northern […]
La Fenice has new boss
The next sovrintendente of opera in Venice will be the conductor and composer Nicola Colabianchi, presently director in Cagliari. Colabianchi, 67, is favoured by the political right. He succeeds Fortunato Ortombina, who has gone to […]
Trailblazing conductor steps down
The UK-raised conductor Sarah Ioannides has decided to leave Symphony Tacoma, in Washington state, after 12 years in charge. She will depart next year. Ioannides, 52, was previously music director of the El Paso Symphony […]
Belgrade’s musicians are under siege
The Belgrade Philharmonic are on strike for the first time in its 102-year history. The musicians say they are the lowest paid in the Balkans. The Government last week dismissed their board chairman and has […]
Asmik cancels rest of the month
The Lithianian soprano Asmik Grigorian has scratched three Flying Dutchmans in Munich in the last week of March. Previously she had cancelled a date with the Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, along with two more […]
Just in: Yuja cancels Dude and NY Phil
Message from Lincoln Center – no other soloist would do? We are writing to inform you of a change to your upcoming NY Phil performance: pianist Yuja Wang has withdrawn due to health issues. Ravel’s […]
German director, RIP
The independent minded theatre director Wolfgang Engel has died at 81. He made his name internationally with a Dresden production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, refusing the East German state prize as a mark […]
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