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Dear Alma, I am in the brass section of an orchestra, and quite happy. There is a new member of our section. After our lunch break, she often comes back with a very strong and […]

The Metropolitan Opera and the American Guild of Musical Artists reached a very short-term pay deal before close of business on Friday. It amounts to around a five percent pay increase for AGMA members, who […]

The 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth ended during the night with a victory for Aristo Sham from Hong Kong, which is part of China. He now lives in Sweden. Sham, 29, […]

 Brigadoon Kelli O’Hara and Patrick Wilson made a cast recording of Brigadoon after its all-too-short run at New York City Center. Here they are in the recording studio. Read more The post Ruth Leon recommends…. […]

Organised by Polish National Opera, the International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition is the biggest singing competition in Poland. Every three years, young artists from around the world gather in Warsaw to present their talents and, […]

Lorca Federico Garcia Lorca was born 127 years ago today, on June 5th, 1898, and he died, violently, on August 19th, 1936, killed by a Fascist firing squad in the early days of the Spanish […]

So what were your plans for the next 20 minutes? The post Saint-Saens alive! It’s cello heaven appeared first on Slippedisc.

Concert of the week by Simon Rattle and the BRSO – Three French composers, eclectic to a fault. The post Stick out the Boulez, stay for Ravel appeared first on Slippedisc.

To conclude their inaugural season this Friday, Music Director Kedrick Armstrong and the Oakland Symphony and Chorus perform Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” the Ninth Symphony. The Ninth is paired with Errollyn Wallen’s ode to freedom, […]

Wanda Landowska met Manuel de Falla in Paris in 1910. Sixteen years later, he sent her a concerto for harpsichord and five instruments. Ever heard it? Mahan Esfahani is bringing it back to attention. Get […]