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The Britten Sinfonia has announced the retirement of kits foounding oboe Nicholas Daniel after 33 years. His co-principal Peter Facer will take on the full position. Nick, 63, says: At a time and at an […]

Cardiff University announced today that it is cutting 400 jobs, closing the school of nursing and getting rid of numerous degree courses in the humanities. Among the subjects to be axed is music. The music […]

Last Saturday morning, the British pianist Paul Lewis had finished his shopping at Tesco’s superstore in Amersham and was heading off to rehearse Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for […]

In April 2023 we reported that the Putin police had broken up a Shostakovich and Weinberg recital by Polina Osetinskaya, a pianist who spoke out against the Ukraine invasion. Since then, Polina has struggled to […]

It’s the new Valentine’s Day. Equal opportunity chocolates and roses. Palentine’s Day. Not a typo. Not to be confused with anything else on the news. From a classical station’s promo: Forget the card and chocolates, […]

The ailing easy-listening station has splashed out on a cross-media advertising campaign in a bid to boost droopy ratings. Classic has created a TV ad to be shown on primtetime ITV shows and during England’s […]

Deborah Rutter, in a letter to colleagues in the music business, has made it clear that when she leaves the Kennedy Center at the end of this year she does not plan to hang up […]

Click here to watch It’s Wakes Week in Hindle; the mill is closed and the workers are idle. Fanny Hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into Alan Jeffcote, the […]

Andreas Ottensamer has just issued this message: I have decided to step down from my position as principal clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic, in order to fully dedicate to my activities as a conductor. The […]

Deborah Rutter, President of the Kennedy Center since 2014, has decided to quit at the end of this year. She has given no reason. Might have something to do with the Trump era. Rutter, 68, […]