The buildings that house the Rachmaninoff Museum and its refular concerts on Bolshaya Ordynka have been reclaimed by the city authorities after the museum’s lease expired. The collection, founded by pianist Viktor Merzhanov, is now […]
Michael Zev Gordn at site of his grandfather’s murder in Summer 1941 (image from DW video). Any human calamity raises thoughts about how such events might be referred to in music, and how an essentially […]
It’s the troubled San Antonio Philharmonic, again. Two key backers have demanded the return of $180,000, which they say were loans. The orchestra’s CEO says they will contest this claim in court. No winners here. […]