Like the repertoire concertos of Brahms and Beethoven, Busoni’s Violin Concerto is cast in D major (and indeed, Busoni wrote cadenzas for both of his great predecessors’ concertos). Busoni’s Violin Concerto, Op. 37a, was premiered […]
Playing in the Orchestre symphonique de Québec for the past three years, Marlène Ngalissamy has been named principal bassoon of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Born in Moscow, Marlène moved to Canada at ten years and […]
The UK-Australian pianist Jayson Gillham provoked a crisis at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra by making a contentious political statement about the Middle East. Gillhamas was removed from his next scheduled appearance and the ensuing furore […]