The storm-tossed Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra has a new chief executive – its fifth in a decade – and he has arrived with a masterplan. Jung Jae-wal brandished the plan at a press conference this morning […]
Theater Bremen has announced the death of Michael Börgerding, its general director since 2012. Professor Börgerding was 64. The theatre describes him as ‘an approachable director, a deeply lovable person, a great humanist.’ Michael Börgerding […]
From a review of Maria by Donna Perlmutter: Jolie is so utterly fixated on her own beauty — returning to endless close-ups, sitting often before mirrored dressing tables, all posed — that she fails […]
This is the burnt-out home of LA Phil oboist Marion Kuszyk. Others who have lost their homes are second trumpet Christopher Still and violinist Aroussiak Baltaian. Aroussiak’s GoFundMe page begins: Aroussiak Baltaian and her elderly […]
Message received: A “secret” concert in Moscow was held on Thursday in memory of Pavel Kushnir, a musician who died in July 2024 in a pretrial detention center in Birobidzhan. He was under arrest for […]
The technical reasons that caused Bavarian Radio to call off a Herbert Blomstedt concert at the Herkulessal have turned out to be almost too trivial to be believed. Apparently, an alarm light was flashing and […]
Last-minute notice from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra: ! CONCERT CANCEL 11TH January 2025 !! Due to short-term and irreparable technical problems in the residence, today’s concert with Herbert Blomstedt and the BRSO has to […]
The Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre has announced the death of Evgenia Dobrovolskaya, two days after her 60th birthday. She had been battling cancer. The theatre lamented: The leading actress of the Art Theatre, who played […]
Larry Schoenberg, the composer’s son, has lost his Pacific Palisades home in the Los Angeles firestorm – in addition to the family’s publishing business, Belmont Music. Larry, who is 83, is a retired high school […]
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will personally oversee the reconstruction of the St. Petersburg Conservatoire, which has been going on for 12 years without visible progress. ‘I will come and have a […]
