This may be the most heartwarming press release of our week: Seven violin makers will spend a weekend at Manchester Museum repairing violas and cellos for the new Olympias Recycled Orchestra programme. This new […]
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This is slightly different, less a trailer than a mini-tour by an established artist, Sarah Sze, of three recently acquired works by the Met which inspire her and which help to convince her that she […]
The Nevill Holt festival in Leicestershire, which has modified its original definition as a countryhouse opera event to ‘an arts and cultural festival’, has unveiled its big draw of the summer. Big announcement! Boris Johnson […]
“The cycle of sorry and the Flattened muscle of the forgiven / The forgotten democracy and the country we leave to our children…” So begins “Forgiveness.” Words written and to be spoken by Marc Bamuthi […]
This week’s guest on David Krauss’s popular podcast is Alexa Tarantino, the first female full-time member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. ‘Every day’s a pinch-me moment,’ she says. Alexa started early, performing with […]
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The Prague composer Viktor Ullmann was incarcerated by the Nazis in the Theresiendstadt concentration camp before being sent to be killed in Auschwitz in October 1944. Ullmann is mostly remembered for his concentration camp opera, […]
The Toronto Symphony is planning a Europe tour next winter with conductor Gustavo Gimeno. It has dates in Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Austria. Nothing in the UK. Why not? Because London’s main […]
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I run a summer concert series in a mid-sized city. We do pretty well, and have managed to be financially stable. The problem is that a person who grew […]
