Going up to receive the Polar Prize in Stockholm, the conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen had distinct streaks on his cheeks. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Polar Music Prize (@polarmusicprize) The post Esa-Pekka […]
The international violinist Renaud Capuçon has lost an appeal against conviction for failing to declare earnings on a dozen concerts. The news site L’informé reports that the musician omitted to declare 5 concerts in 2013 […]
The family of Jan Kaczmarek have announced his death in Krakow, aged 71, of the neurodegenerative condition Multiple system atrophy. Kaczmarek won an Oscar in 2005 for his score for the Miramax film Finding Neverland. […]
The Royal College of Music this morning named Gary Ryan as Head of Strings. He has been acting head of department since Mark Messenger was suspended seven months ago. Messenger left the RCM after an […]
Mezzo-soprano Leah Marian Jones described her difficult situation to BBC Radio Cymru at yesterday’s Senedd protest over WNO funding cuts. She said: ‘I’m a carer for old people. I get them up in the morning, […]
The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson, will perform the choral symphony in St Paul’s on July 29. The concert is a joint presentation by the Barbican Centre, Royal Opera House and the management […]
The Augsburg State Theatre in Bavaria has founded a Paul Ben-Haim Orchestra Academy to train future musicians. Ben-Haim, born in Munich as Paul Frankenburger and assistant to Bruno Walter, migrated to Tel Aviv in 1933 […]
It’s called Momentum and it tracks the transfer of conductor Joana Mallwitz from Nuremberg State Theater to the Berlin Konzerthaus. Mallwitz, 37, is seen at work and at home, with her husband, the tenor Simon […]
The Met soprano Ailyn Perez has jooined Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. She was previously with Gianluca Macheda’s boutique. Perez, 44, is one of the busiest international opera singers. Earlier this season she sang […]
We have learned of the death of Milton Scheuermann, founder in 1966 of New Orleans Musica da Camera, now the oldest surviving early music organization in the US. He also co-hosted Continuum, America’s longest-running early […]
