The Elgar concerto, by his own orchestra

The Russian premiere of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera Salambo was suspended for an hour while its conductor Valery Gergiev popped out to attend to other duties across town. Inexplicable,and unprofessional. Here’s what the Telegram channel reports: […]

We have received confirmation of the death on Monday of Werner Hink, a cherished member of the Vienna Philharmonic from 1965. Hink, who was 81, was hugely influential at the Pacific Music Festival Sapporo, where […]

Der Spiegel reports that 36 of the 63 dancers of the Hamburg Ballet have written to the cultural senator complaining about ‘a toxic working environment’. Five of the 11 First Soloists have resigned after falling […]