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Frédéric Olivieri, director of the corps de ballet at La Scala Milan from 2002-07 and again from 2017-2020, is back – at least for the next two years. He replaces Manuel Legris, who departed with […]

The new big bone at the Gewandhaus orchestra is Polina Tarasenko, 23. She’s from Kherson in Ukraine. Polina was a student of Ian Bousfield at the University of Arts Bern before joining the Mendelssohn Academy […]

Paavo Järvi has cancelled next week’s concerts with the Berlin Staatskapelle due to illness. Chief conductor Christian Thielemann will step in with a different programme. Instead of Sibelius, Korngold and Nielsen, it will be an […]

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Message from the Norwegian artist Leif Ove Andsnes: “It is with mixed emotions that I share with you that this year’s festival will be my last” says founder and artistic director Leif Ove Andsnes. “I […]

The German conductor will celebrate his birthday tonight and tomorrow with the Bamberg Symphony with performances of Bruckner’s first symphony and Camille Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony. The much-travelled maestro is presently artistic director of the National […]

There seems to be more than the usual ambiguity of artists towards their agencies. The latest to jump is Queen Elisabeth 2010 piano competition winner Denis Kozhukhin. The Belgium-based Russian has left Askonas Holt after […]

The US soprano has withdrawn from the Royal Opera’s production of Faust, which does not open until late May. Covent Garden says: ‘Lisette Oropesa has withdrawn from all performances of Faust due to personal reasons.’ […]

Magical encounters This is a lovely short video from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. It was just an ordinary day for Met Security Officer  Armia Malak Khalil, born in Egypt but a New York resident for many […]

A letter has gone out from the Department of Education to presidents of colleges and music schools, outlawing positive discrimination for students of under-represented backgrounds. The key paragraph is this: The Department will no longer […]