The death has been announced, after a long illness, of the drum professor Martin France. Using electronic and sequenced drums and percussion, France featured on more than 100 albums and appeared regularly in Hamburg with […]
Waitress – Stage musical Rent or buy The Broadway musical Waitress is now available to rent and buy across a variety of streaming platforms for the many UK fans of the show. Based on the film of […]
We have learned belatedly of the death from Alzheimers complications of the cellist Gayle Mae Smith, a pupil of Casals in Puerto Rico and of Piatigorsky in Los Angeles (pictured). She enjoyed an international solo […]
Just in: The event JONAS KAUFMANN & Slovak Philharmonic, which was supposed to take place on 8th September 2024 at 7pm, is postponed due to health reasons of Mr. Kaufmann for a new date on […]
The Latvian Ainars Rubikis signed on last week as chief conductor of the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck, Austria. They are not pleased about that in Kassel, Germany, where Rubikis was recently appointed General Music Director […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Comparisons in music are unfair. An ephemeral art cannot be measured and pinned, like a butterfly, to the page without risking mortal damage. Nevertheless, human beings possess critical […]
Akram Khan’s Giselle I notice that the English National Ballet is re-mounting Akram Khan’s version of Giselle in London 18-28 September at Sadlers Wells. If you can’t get to the Sadlers Wells Theatre, or even […]
A completely unexpected delight from French contemporary composer Karol Beffa. The post When two guitars are better than one appeared first on Slippedisc.
Press release: After considerable thought, Maestro Ankush Kumar Bahl has decided that the 2024/25 concert season will be his final season as Music Director of the Omaha Symphony. He will lead the 24/25 season as […]
HarrisonParrott are crowing that they have signed the huge-selling Japanese film composer Joe Hisaishi for global management. Hisaishi was previously with Lang Lang’s manager Jean-Jacques Cesbron. Quite a coup. The post Biz news: HP grabs […]
