Just another headline-grabbing blast from the Vivaldi peddler: Nigel Kennedy, the virtuoso violinist, has said “boring” concert programme notes are ruining classical music. He told The Telegraph that a “plague of experts” were distracting audiences […]
Rosie Millard’s substack is essential reading for goers-out and stayers-in alike. Here’s her latest: More than 1,000 cultural figures, including the bosses at Welsh National Opera, have signed a letter claiming the (Supreme Court’s) judgement […]
The Handel House in London has come up with an interesting new temptation: The kitchen of the great composer G.F. Handel will be alive with the smells and sounds of Georgian cookery this spring. On Saturday, […]
Keynote speaker at the summer festival will be a former Economist jounalist, married to the Polish foreign minister. She is the author of important books on the Soviet Gulag and the current rise of western […]
80 Years On Let’s not forget that 80 years ago this week, May 8th 1945, marks the end of World War Two in Europe. The cost in lives and cultures is still unimaginable and must […]
Message from the ochestra director, Andreas Schulz: With pride and great joy we look forward to the launch of GEWANDHAUS RADIO on 12 May 2025 – a unique classic channel in the world, dedicated exclusively […]
Marinus Komst, solo timpanist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1991 until his retirement, died today at the age of 72. His grandfather, who bore the same name, was the orchestra’s solo trumpet. The post […]
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that Arsenije Lojovic, the hit-and-run driover responsible for the death of conductor Boris Brott, will serve eight years in jail instead of ten.Lojovic has two prior driving convictions. […]
Lynne Turner, who was appointed to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1962 by Music Director Fritz Reiner, will retire at the end of this summer’s Ravinia Festival, it was announced today. Turner first appeared with […]
Four days after the sudden death of its artistic director, the Aix-en-Provence Festival has called in its former chief. Bernard Foccroulle has been appointed advisor for the 2025 edition of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Foccroulle, 71, […]
