The French way with Ravel

The country’s pioneering saxophonist, founder of the instrument’s only specialist school, has died in Moscow, at 84. Margarita Shaposhnikova was born in Saratov in 1940 and became professor at the Gnessin school. Her proudest moment […]

The Freiburg Chamber Orchestra has replaced its founding conductor Laurent Gendre with Philipp Bach. Gendre has led the orchestra since its inception in 2009. The post Swiss orchestra drops baton appeared first on Slippedisc.

Message received: January 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the bestselling solo piano album of all time: The Köln Concert, the iconic 1975 performance by Keith Jarrett at Köln Opera House. Famously, this late night […]