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We have been notified of the death from cancer of Máire Taylor, founding editor of International Record Review and its guiding spirit for 15 years. Before that, she worked at Gramophone. The post Death of […]

We hear that the Baden-Baden audience erupted last night after a performance of VW’s second symphony by the SWR orchestra, conducted by the boyish Finn, Tarmo Peltokoski. The first half of Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo Suite […]

In a moving Times conversation with ex-Diwan violinist Clemency Burton-Hill, Barenboim stays positive about the orchestra he created: ‘We were very lucky that there were enough people on both sides that were interested. When you get […]

The venue needs to replace Sebastian Nordmann, who is of to run the Lucerne Festival. It has chosen Tobias Rempe, founder-manager of Ensemble Resonanz. Rempe, 53, has the approval of chief conductor Joana Mallwitz and […]

A cri de coeur to our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I am in my mid-50’s, play in a medium sized orchestra, and teach part-time at a university. I have been in this situation for many […]

The 12 violin finalists were named last night in Brussels. Six are American, three Korean. Most are seasoned competitors, aged 22-25. Joshua Brown · Hana Chang · Elli Choi (pic) · SongHa Choi · Anna […]

John Betjeman anniversary  Also worth mentioning today is that it’s 40 years since the death of British poet, writer and broadcaster, John Betjeman,   who was Poet Laureate from 1972-1984. Although born in 1906, he was […]

This is Teodor Currentzis, the Putin collaborator, conducting Bruckner’s 9th last night in Hamburg. The orchestra was his own Utopia pickup band. The post Sleeveless is the new conductor trend appeared first on Slippedisc.

Bielefeld has chosen Robin Davis as its next Generalmusikdirektor. Davis, 41, is presently GMD at Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg. The post Brit baton win second German job appeared first on Slippedisc.

This is the barrier that greeted concertgoers attempting to attend the Concertgebouw tonight for a performance by the Jerusalem Quartet. The hall management is still living in a state of terror. We hear also that […]