Two composers sink into a warm bath
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: If you are about to step into a warm bath, put one of these on the player and submerse your January body in a fantasy world that never […]
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Just in: Dudamel’s agent relinquishes all other artists
Gustavo Dudamel has only ever had one agent, an Englishman called Mark Newbanks. His firm, Fidelio Arts, has looked after at various times Yuja Wang, Lionel Bringuier and others, but Dudamel was always the main […]
Finnish conductors: A power list
There has been much chatter of late on this site and elsewhere on the predominance of Finns in the global podium. From a nation that conducts intense conversations chiefly with its shoelaces, this phenomenon is […]
BBC renews Dalia
The Finnish-Ukrainian Dalia Stasevska has been renewed as principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra until September 2027. She has also been making a strong impression on US orchestras. Expect a title soon. The […]
Conductor steps down in Birmingham
Philip Ellis, conductor of Birmingham Royal Ballet, is stepping down in Marech after 35 years. He has conducted the Royal Ballet Sinfonia more than two thousand times. The post Conductor steps down in Birmingham appeared […]
Vienna puts Kaufmann up in lights
This is what they did at the Staatsoper when Jonas sang Bajazzo this week for the first time in Vienna. The Italian tenor Luciano Ganci jumped in as Turiddu in place of the unwell Jonathan […]
A Texan debuts at Covent Garden
The IMG mezzo Raehann Bryce-Davis has been whisked in to sing Amneris in a run of Aidas, starting January 28. She replaces Ekaterina Semenchuk. Anna Pirozzi sings the title role. Raehann, a Manhattan School of […]
New concerts director in Vienna
We hear that Matias Naske has appointed a new head of artistic planning at the Konzerthaus in place of Rico Gulda, who is leaving after 12 years. The newcomer is Ann-Paulin Steigerwald, Head of Concerts […]
New boss in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has promoted Robert McGrath to President and CEO. He has been with the orchestra for 13 years, four of them as COO, and he gets on well with music director Cristian […]
Just in: Curtis grabs another site
The Curtis Institute of Music has outbid two other parties to buy the nearby Art Alliance building. It belonged to the University of Arts, which filed for bankruptcy last September. Curtis bid $7.5 million for […]
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