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The conductor, 82, today confirms a long-suspected diagnosis in a statement from his home in Berlin: I know that many people have been concerned about my health. I have been very touched by the support […]

Northern Ballet, which has scrapped its orchestra, is recruiting London players for a Midlands tour – at half of last year’s rates. The fee on offer is £480, down from £800 a year ago. Among […]

The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano has forbidden soprano Christina Daletska to wear Ukrainian national colours on its stage. The dress, she was told, violates Swiss neutrality. Report here. The post Swiss orchestra neuters […]

Musicians are mourning the death of Matias de Oliveira Pinto, a cellist and professor, killed in a car crash near Münster on Monday night. The Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra writes: The Osesp Foundation deeply mourns […]

The composer Joseph Pibbs is working with historian and podcaster Dominic Sandbrook on an opera documenting the decline and fall of the reformist British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Mezzo-soprano Lucy Schauffer will play Mrs T. […]

The BBC’s classical radio station has continued its recovery with a 10% increase year-on-year, today’s Rajar ratings show. Radio 3 reached 1.95m in the last quarter of 2024. A further 150,000 listeners joined its new […]

From the Berlin Phil: It is with great regret that Kirill Petrenko also has to cancel the concerts from 13 to 15 February and the family concert on 16 February. On strict medical advice, he […]

From a press release: Jonas Kaufmann is set to make his highly anticipated Hong Kong debut this February alongside the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. This concert features most beloved arias from some of his signature […]

He didn’t live to be 80 or anything like it. Bob Marley died, aged only 36 , but his musical influence didn’t die with him. He was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist born eighty […]

This is said to be the most viewed classical music video in Bulgaria for several years. It features Victor Vichev playing Chopin. Your thoughts? The post Chopin goes viral in Bulgaria appeared first on Slippedisc.