Presently solo English horn at the New York Philharmonic, Ryan Roberts has announced himself on social media as the next principal oboe in the LA Philharmonic. The LA seat is kept warm by frequent rotation. […]
A weekly review from our critic-in-residence, Alastair Macaulay: The tenor Ian Bostridge is sixty, but sounds much younger. On Sunday 6 July, he and the master Schubertian pianist Steven Osborne gave a recital of Schubert’s […]
We have been notified of the passing of Raymond Guiot, a student of Marcel Moyse who went on to teach many players who were successful around the world. He was principal flute at the Opéra […]
Conductor Herbert Blomstedt is 98. Still going strong. Must surely be the oldest maestro to stand (or sit) in front of the Vienna Philharmonic. The post Today’s other birthday appeared first on Slippedisc.
It’s Julia Harguindey, principal for the past 9 years at the Nashville Symphony. The post Pittsburgh picks principal bassoon appeared first on Slippedisc.
By Mark Swed, in the LA Times: Tuesday night the Los Angeles Philharmonic opened its 103rd season at the Hollywood Bowl. It was a beautiful evening. Lustrous twilight. Bright moon. Paradisal weather. Unusually light traffic. […]
Message from the Kapan festival in Yerevan, Armenia: “It was recently announced that the artist has been hospitalized due to exhaustion following an intensive international tour schedule. On medical advice, she has been instructed to […]
Pablo Picasso Click here This is a documentary about the early life of the boy who became one of the most famous and influential painters in the world. This is the rise of Pablo Ruiz, […]
A video published by the widow of Alexei Navalny, murdered in a Putin prison, has issued a video calling on the EU to maintain its ban on the Putin conductor Valery Gergiev. It describes Gergiev […]
Message received: The Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra mourns the loss of its honorary member Prof. Walther Schulz, the one on the morning of 9.7. has passed away peacefully. Walther Schulz was one of the most […]
