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Silent film Star Harold Lloyd died 54 years ago on 8th March 1971 at the age of 77. Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton may be more famous today, but in the 1920s Harold Lloyd was […]

Wonderful to see what gets onto French public television. The post Play Dixit for me appeared first on Slippedisc.

From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I like a violist in my youth orchestra and I’m pretty sure they like me too. But the problem is that we’re both your stereotypical socially shy/awkward violist! Do […]

The death has been announced of Bette Eilers, who became Principal Trumpet in the Chicago Civic Orchestra at the age of 17. In 1954, she began playing with the Chicago Symphony under Fritz Reiner, and […]

The Zero Project, a global disabilities charity, yesterday presented the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with a 2025 Zero Project Award. ‘The Kennedy Center has invested in hundreds of remarkable young adults […]

Alastair Macaulay reviews: Two by Chekhov – The Three Sisters (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, playing to April 19); The Seagull (Barbican Theatre, to April 5) No foreign playwright returns to the London stage more often than […]

Leonard Lehrman, composer and conductor of Valley Stream, NY, has published a memoir. He has never been one to hide his bits behind a bush. From a previous report: Maestro Leonard Lehrman conducts a life […]

The death is reported of the  Scottish pianist Robert Sutherland, at the age of 94. Sutherland was a friend of Maria Callas. He wrote a memoir of their last tour together, claiming that she was […]

The Birmingham music director Kazuki Yamada was named conductor of the year last night at the RPS awards, which were held in … Birmingham. Ensemble of the Year was the disability-oriented Paraorchestra. Image: RPS The […]

The Met chief had a big birthday bash in Montreal on Sunday. Some impressive talent turned out. The post Forever young? Yannick turns 50 appeared first on Slippedisc.