Yuja cancels Yannick
A day before playing both Ravel concertos in one concert with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain, Yuja Wang has pulled out on grounds of ill-health. The concert, at Canada’s Festival de Lanaudière, had been […]
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Tom Lehrer, RIP
The American mathematician and musical satirist died today at home in Cambridge, Mass., at the age of 97. He won renown in the early 1960s for songs that lampooned the US military, the Pope, the […]
Bishop in dressing-gown breaks up church concert
From Sky News: A disgruntled bishop in a dressing gown has interrupted a church concert in London – telling singers to stop their “terrible racket” and “leave his house”. The City Academy Voices choir was […]
Spain laments leading pianist, 84
The emonent Spanish pianist Joaquin Soriano, who died yesterday, was professor at the Madrid Conservatory for almost half a century. He enjoyed an international career as recitalist, teacher and jury member. The post Spain laments […]
Fairuz mourns composer son
The legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz, who is 90, is the mourning of her son, the composer Ziad Rahbani. Ziad, who was 69, composed his first song for his mother when he was 17. His best-known […]
Irish baritone dies in London
The family of Joe Corbett have posted sad news of his death: “It is with deep sorrow and heartbreak that we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved Joe Corbett (Opera Singer), in London after […]
Colonic irritations down in BA
We have received depressing reports of the shrunken state of the Teatro Colon, South America’s foremost opera house. Next season contains just six operas, the following season five. The conductors – Beatrice Venezi and Zoe […]
A viol cycles all the way round Britain
It’s ‘the only way I can travel without feeling guilty,’ says gamba player Sarah Small. From a BBC News report: A musician has completed a 10-week cycling tour of Great Britain with her beloved viola […]
A truly great composer will admit, ‘I don’t know’
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … The contrast flows back and forth, almost to the point of incoherence. It takes a truly great composer to throw up his hands and say, I don’t […]
Dear Alma, A letter from summer camp
Our agony aunt’s mailbag this week is bulging with ‘take me home’ cries: Dear Alma, I am a 16 year old violinist at a summer music camp. We have been here for 2 weeks and […]
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