The Conservatoire de Paris has appointed the Berlin-based Italian composer Clara Iannotta as professor of composition from the next academic year. Iannotta, 42, is believed to be the first woman to hold the influential position. […]
It has been announced today that Dame Kathryn McDowell will retire as Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra a year from now. She has been in the job for two decades, with three music […]
Apache Dance An Apache dance, if you’ve never come across one before, is a highly dramatic performance associated with Parisian street culture at the beginning of the 20th century. It reenacts a violent “discussion” between […]
The phenomenally successful Argentine-US composer has died at 93. An associate of Astor Piazzola, he hooked up with Dizzy Gillespie’s band in the 1960s and worked a ferile line between Larin music and jazz. When […]
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Join Monica L. Miller, Guest Curator, on a tour of the exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, with an introduction from Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute. The Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition […]
The death has been made known of Clas Pehrsson, a pioneer of flute repertoire on both baroque and modern instruments. He was 83. Many of his recordings are to be found on BIS. He was […]
Message received: Salzburg, June 26, 2025 The return of the Berliner Philharmoniker – the festival’s founding orchestra in 1967 – marks a very special festival season in Salzburg in 2026 and, with the Be Phil […]
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, based in San Francisco, has named Peter Whelan as its next music director. Whelan, 47, will take up the baton a year from now. He succeeds Richard Egarr. Meantime, he will […]
The death has been announced of Sue Anderson, a regular performer on Broadway and Pops conductor with many leading orchestras, including the London Philharmonic. She had suffered from cancer for a long while. Am ong […]
