HarrisonParrott has inked a 14 year-old Finnish schoolgirl, Lilja Haatainen, who plays the violin. She has already played concertos with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Finnish Chamber Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, […]
The Music Academy of the West has just bought itself a plot for a year-round Music Education Center. The purchase was facilitated by a $20 million gift from Cheryl Goldberg (pictured), in memory of her […]
The seasoned Korean conductor Han-Na Chang was due to make her first appearance with the Amsterdam orchestra in 2020, when Covid lockdown forced a posatponement. It has taken the Dutch five years to re-engage her, […]
The mounting costs of a pianist turning his recital into a pro-Gaza show have been revealed in the annual accounts of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra cancelled Jayson Gillham’s next event, a matter which […]
Here’s this week global streaming top 10 from Apple Classical, exclusive to slippedosc.com. Three Bachs out of ten. Are people listening to the music, or snoozing? 1 Bach: The 6 English Suites Francesco Tristano 2 […]
The Orchestre classique de Montréal has found a new Music Director. He is Andrei Feher, 33. Romanian born, he has been music director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. The post New baton in Montreal appeared […]
The orchestra has announced the retirement of Dietmar Schwalke, one of the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic. He joined the orchestra in 1994. Now he plans to play more Baroque music and enjoy his […]
During the course of the Competition we have pointed out the universal media indifference to its proceedings. Put another way, the Competition failed to organise proper media coverage, so none of the right people turned […]
The classical recitalist Mark Glanville has vetoed a tribute by ex-BBC football commentator Gary Lineker at a memorial ceremony for his father, the distinguished writer Brian Glanville. Mark Glanville said he would not allow Lineker […]
We present the opening paragraphs of a civil case presented at an Illinois court, citing the successors of Bein & Fushi for alleged fraud. Plaintiffs Eric Langman and Claude Langman (collectively, “Plaintiffs” or the “Langman […]
