Strictly’s music director dies
The BBC bandleader Laurie Holloway, whose TV career extended from Michael Parkinson to Strictly Come Dancing, has died at the age of 86. He was married to the American jazz singer Marion Montgomery and worked […]
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New research: Can a pianist’s expression cause injury?
From Frontiers in Psychology: Introduction: Expression is a key aspect of music performance. Studies on pianists’ gestures and expression have mainly documented the impact of their expressive intentions on proximal segments and head linear kinematics. […]
Job of the week: London Philharmonic seeks artistic director
This will be a replacement for Elena Dubinets, who has gone to the Concertgebouw. The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is seeking an Artistic Director to shape its artistic vision and programming. This senior leadership role […]
Seoul Philharmonic: We can match Berlin Phil
The storm-tossed Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra has a new chief executive – its fifth in a decade – and he has arrived with a masterplan. Jung Jae-wal brandished the plan at a press conference this morning […]
Sudden death of respected German opera chief, 64
Theater Bremen has announced the death of Michael Börgerding, its general director since 2012. Professor Börgerding was 64. The theatre describes him as ‘an approachable director, a deeply lovable person, a great humanist.’ Michael Börgerding […]
Jolie is fixated on her own beauty. Callas wasn’t
From a review of Maria by Donna Perlmutter: Jolie is so utterly fixated on her own beauty — returning to endless close-ups, sitting often before mirrored dressing tables, all posed — that she fails […]
Fires latest: LA Phil musicians have lost their homes
This is the burnt-out home of LA Phil oboist Marion Kuszyk. Others who have lost their homes are second trumpet Christopher Still and violinist Aroussiak Baltaian. Aroussiak’s GoFundMe page begins: Aroussiak Baltaian and her elderly […]
A secret Moscow concert honours a dissident pianist
Message received: A “secret” concert in Moscow was held on Thursday in memory of Pavel Kushnir, a musician who died in July 2024 in a pretrial detention center in Birobidzhan. He was under arrest for […]
Munich concert was stopped for lack of an electrician
The technical reasons that caused Bavarian Radio to call off a Herbert Blomstedt concert at the Herkulessal have turned out to be almost too trivial to be believed. Apparently, an alarm light was flashing and […]
A Blomstedt concert is cancelled ‘for technical reasons’
Last-minute notice from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra: ! CONCERT CANCEL 11TH January 2025 !! Due to short-term and irreparable technical problems in the residence, today’s concert with Herbert Blomstedt and the BRSO has to […]
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