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From the Telegraph: Over the course of six weeks this summer Kenneth Wilson cycled to all 42 of England’s Anglican cathedrals – covering 2,000 miles in total – with a cello strapped to the front […]

The conductor Mathieu Herzog, former violist of the Ébène Quartet, has made it known that his cherished viola was stolen yesterday in the French resort of La-Teste-de-Buch. The instrument was made for him by Charles […]

From the maestro’s media team: The 2025 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra summer tour with Daniel Barenboim and Lang Lang kicked off yesterday with a sold-out performance at the Musikfest Bremen. The tour continues today with the […]

Apparently, none of its present team has been called in for promotion. The job was listed last night. So far, only five people have clicked on it.   The mission of The New York Times […]

From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma Urgent request. My deputy concertmaster is having sex with this season’s assistant conductor. She is 25, no commitments, on a learning curve with a man twenty years older […]

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From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Viktor Kalabis is not easy to classify. His music owes something to Janacek and Martinu but without the insistent rhythms or the indelible melodies. He is a discreet […]

Russian media are reporting that the virtuoso violinist Asya Sorshneva has been placed under house arrest in the town of Vladimir. She has been charged with ‘financing extremist activities’ after making several donations to the […]

A professor at the University of Manitoba, Oleg Pokhanovski, has been charged in Winnipeg with sexual assault on a teenaged private pupil. The alleged incidents took place between 2007 and 2010. Pokhanovski, 55, reported voluntarily […]

Here’s a tour of the new exhibition at the Met, Arts of the Ancient Americas. These artworks reveal histories of the exchange of materials and ideas across vast distances and millennia and provide a deeper […]