The Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare, an El Sistema alumnus who is very friendly with Gustavo Dudamel, has started a Sistema initiative in Montreal, where he is music director of the symphony orchestra. El Sistema is […]
The Israel Philharmonic this morning signed Lahav Shani for a second five-year term as music director, taking him to the 2031-2032 season. Shani, 36, lives in Berlin, close to his mentor Daniel Barenboim. He is […]
Actress and Inventor Click here to watch By all accounts, Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler was a difficult woman. As the film star Hedy Lamarr, she not only alienated the directors and actors she worked with […]
The death has been announced in Kassel, Germany, of Claire van Kampen, playwright, director and composer, who served as an expert on Tudor Music in the BBC’s Wolf Hall series, starring her husband Sir Mark […]
Alexandre Solopov died on January 13 in Montreal, Canada. Born in Vladivostok, Sasha moved to Moscow at age 16, graduating from the classes of Lev Vlassenko and Mikhail Pletnev. He moved to Montreal in 1996 […]
Message received: Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is proud to announce the winners for this year’s Concert of Arias, the 37th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, held this evening at the Wortham Theater Center […]
The upheavals we have reported at the flagship New York church have claimed a heavyweight sacrifice. Memo from the Rector: Dear Choir School Alumni and Families, I write to inform you of an important development […]
The disgraced countertenor who pleaded guilty at a Houston court in 2023 to sexual assault of a young singer, is suing the University of Michigan for firing him three years earlier. AP reports: DETROIT (AP) […]
It was only last June that Theater Hagen chose Hermes Helfricht as its next General Music Director, starting later this year. Helfricht, 33, is presently first Kapellmeister at Theater Bonn and the Hagen offer was […]
The Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen has moved his representation overnight from the dismantled Fidelio Arts to the English boutique of Kathryn Enticott Music Management. This is an exceptionally shrewd move on both sides. Kathryn is […]
