A letter from the international pianist Gabriela Montero: Today, the Maduro criminal regime tries to claim yet another stolen election in my homeland of Venezuela, despite overwhelming evidence that they lost by large margins. They […]
We have received a statement claiming to represent 123 musicians of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras. It reads: We, musicians of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras (MCO) are deeply saddened to learn that our founder […]
After a nine-year hiatus, I am returning to Radio 3 this Saturday to present the first of a new series of Lebrecht Interviews with leading figures in the music world. My first subject is Michael […]
I find it rather uplifting that, in a global market, a great composer can be revered in one section of the world and totally ignored in the rest. It is entirely to the credit of […]
An epoch has ended. Alastair Macaulay reports from Glyndebourne: Tonight, the British baritone Thomas Allen, aged seventy-nine, announced from the Glyndebourne stage that this had been his final performance; I wish I had been there. […]
The US soprano Alessandra Marc is getting a little overheated about the upcoming election. Her latest social media spouts include: IF YOU’RE STUPID AND GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR KAMALA , YOU AND ALL YOUR […]
The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra was dissolved just over two years ago after the board failed to reach agreement with the musicians. The players promptly regrouped into the San Antonio Philharmonic, excluding all former staff […]
The cello section of the 24th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition has been won by Víctor García García, performing on a Baroque cello. Garcia, 30, takes home 10,000 Euros and the promise of future solo […]
The Colburn School’s Music Academy is to be headed by the US violinist Margaret Batjer, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra since 1998. Batjer, 65, will give up her professorship at USC Thornton School […]
The soprano, presently divorcing tenor Yusif Eyvazov, posted the attached selfie on her Instagram account last week. The picture was unsaved and disappeared after 24 hours. Plenty of fans circulated it, however. And Austria’s Kronenzeitung […]
