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Gerard Schwarz writes: I am so saddened by the passing of my dear friend Andrew Grossman. We are about the same age and played in the New York Youth Symphony when we were in high […]

Agam Berger, seized in pyjamas and held in Hamas tunnels for 15 months, was returned home today. Local reports say that the Israeli army had her violin waiting to greet her at the reception centre. […]

Conspiracy theorists are chattering about the Finnish conductor’s first appearance at the summer festival in four decades. Salonen got on well with Boston Symphony Prez Chad Smith when both were at the LA Phil. Boston […]

The pre-college tutors are paid much less the Juilliard profs and they’ve had enough. Here’s the union version: On Feb. 1, the Association Representing Teaching Staff at Manhattan School of Music will launch its first […]

Born in October 1921 and active in every style of contemporary music from serialism to classicism, the Turkish composer Ilhan Usmanbaş died today in a care facility. He composed 120 published scores, many of them […]

Creative Scotland has award multi-year funding to a range of orgs, including the Edinburgh International Festival, which has been on standstill grants since 2008. Under the new deal, the Fest will get £3.25m this year, […]

ECM Records has announced the death of 20th-century piano specialist Herbert Henck at the age of 76. Henck released eight albums of modern rep. Herbert Henck, brilliant pianist, dedicated interpreter of modern music, and an […]

The intercity shuttle that is English National Opera has named former Barbican artistic director Louise Jeffreys to plug the gap while its board searches vainly for a big beast who can raise money from public […]

The Mediterranean Département of Hérault, which includes the city of Montpellier, has abolished its arts grants, worth 6 million Euros a year. The leader of the socialist council Kléber Mesquida has promised to eliminate by […]

Major names have signed on to conduct the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras in their first full season since firing the founder, Sir John Eliot Gardiner. The season includes Mozart with Marc Minkowski, Bach with Masaaki […]