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We learn from 4barsrest that Kaitlin Wild has been appointed Principal Second Trumpet with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She is also a member of Onyx Brass and Septura Brass Ensemble and has freelanced […]

A Concerto for pipa and orchestra by French-Canadian composer Christian Thomas, to be premiered next week in Montreal, claims to be the first of its kind in the western world. It has been written for […]

It appears that Jean-Philippe Thiellay, former Deputy Director General of the Paris Opéra, is leaving the Centre National de la Musique next week. Thiellay, its foundign director has been informed that ‘The President of the […]

The public prosecutor in Wiener Neustadt has reportedly charged an actress with assault for allegedly biting a colleague’s hindquarters on several nights in a stage production of ‘Alma’ in Semmering. The production appears to have […]

1984 is a 1956 film loosely based on Orwell’s novel. This is the first cinema rendition of the story, directed by Michael Anderson, and starring Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave. ​Both audio […]

George Orwell Click here to watch Perhaps the most influential English writer of the 20th century and one of the most important chroniclers of British culture of his generation, George Orwell,  born Eric Arthur Blair in […]

Yale School of Music comes to New York this Monday.  “Rippling with high-energy percussion and brass playing and a fluid interplay of polished strings as well as winds…”  is how The New York Times described […]

The Seattle Symphony’s President & CEO, Krishna Thiagarajan, has stepped down, along with the CFO/COO, Cheronne Wong and VP HR/Chief Diversity Officer, Paul Johnson. The organisation has endured three turbulent years, which saw a music […]

The American violinist, sidelined with a trapped nerve, has cancelled a Munich Philharmonic tour. Hilary has been out since last July. The Munich Phil say: We are very sorry to announce that Hilary Hahn had […]

There is a catch, however. Culture Senator Carsten Brosda tells Backstage Classical that some of the new money mwill go on a hip-hop academy and on supporting music clubs down the Reeperbahn, where the brothels […]