When Ontario’s Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony went bust in September 2023, that seemed to be it. Orchestras are not great believers in self-resurrection. But this one is. When the players of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony were told in […]
The Russian-born conductor of the Czech Philharmonic tells David Krauss in Speaking Soundly that he learned to manage pre-concert tension by playing volleyball from age 10 to 18 with Dynamo Leningrad. ‘My piano teacher was […]
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s president and managing director Jon Limbacher has given notice he will retire a year from now. Limbacher, 62, will have led the group for nine years. Six months ago, Kyu-Young […]
press release: The Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music at the New York Philharmonic has been awarded to American composers David Lang and Missy Mazzoli*. One of the world’s largest new-music prizes, the Kravis Prize […]
From the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, in Ohio: Sergey Bogza, Music Director of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra (YSO) since July 1, 2024, has resigned as of November 7, 2024, due to “personal, health, and family reasons”. […]
The Very Reverend Catherine Ogle, Dean of Winchester Cathedral, is to retire next May, after eight years in the post, it was announced this morning. Dean Catherine said: ‘For some years I’ve planned my retirement […]
The orchestra is off on its 25th US tour – 8 concerts, 2 programs, in 5 cities over 14 days. Kirill Petrenko conducts. The first tour was in 1955 with a new conductor – 26 […]
Der Standard has uncovered low practices at the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, a privately owned enterprise that plays in wigs at the rented Musikverein for the benefit of unwitting tourists. It appears that musician fees in […]
Christie’s London have a couple of interesting Wagner lots coming up next month. The first draft of the Tannhäuser libretto is expected to make six figures. Also under the hammer is a draft fragment for […]
Fred Szczepanski was preparing to retire as music director of St. Francis Catholic Church in Traverse City, Michigan, when a new priest discovered he had entered a same-sex marriage with his partner four years ago. […]
