The International Conductors Guild, turning 50, will hold its annual convention in London for the first time. The meeting is on January 2-5, 2025, at the Royal College of Music, and more than 100 conductors […]
From the CSOA annual report: The CSOA’s results from operations included total revenues of $78.8 million and expenses of $80.2 million resulting in an operating deficit of $1.4 million. Total endowment and other investments were […]
London-based MaestroArts has signed the young French-Finnish conductor Aliisa Neige Barrière. Daughter of the late composer Kaija Saariaho, Aliisa was mentored in Helsinki by Jorma Panula and studied at the Sibelius Academy under Sakari Oramo, […]
The Detroit Symphony has hired Martin Sher of the New World Symphony as V-P and Chief Artistic & Operating Officer, a new position. The top floor already consists of President & CEO Erik Rönmark, V-P […]
Theartsdesk.com, founded 15 years ago by Ismene Brown and other ex-Daily Telegraph critics, is in trouble. It needs to raise £100,000 urgently to stay alive. Here‘s why. There’s a gofundme page. The post Arts site […]
Remember the University of Michigan? It’s where the last president was fired for allegedly coming on to a staff member. But that’s the least of its misdeeds. It ignored years of sexual abuse by violin professor […]
The wedding of Dr Andrew Lumsden to Leona Mani took place on Saturday at the Chapel of St Cross, Winchester. The Bishop of Basingstoke officiated and 250 guests were treated to spectacular music sung by […]
The death has been communicated of Arthur Moreira Lima, a leading Brazilian pianist who came second to Martha Argerich in the 1965 Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Arthur recorded the complete works of Chopin over the […]
Silk Roads – British Museum smuggling secrets Camel caravans crossing desert dunes, merchants trading silks and spices at bazaars – these are the images that come to mind when we think of the Silk Road. […]
The Ukraine-born Vera Brezhneva was a star singer on Russian and Ukrainian TV … until she had to choose. Although living mostly in the safety of Latvia, she returned to Ukraine and has taken a […]
.jpeg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "The Glyndebourne Prom: Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with a young cast on superb form")
