The West-Eastern Diwan orchestra performed last night with Daniel Barenboim in Lübeck, birthplace of the Nobel-winning German author. The concert’s soloist was Lang Lang. Questions are being raised about the orchestra’s purported neutrality after Barenboim’s […]
The death has been made known of the long-serving artistic director of leading of the Nash Ensemble, Amelia Freedman. The ensemble reached its 60th anniversary last year and a cornerstone of London’s music scene. Amelia, […]
The Italian conductor Daniele Gatti, new chief of the Staatskapelle Dresden, has taken another job as ‘artistic partner’ of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The announcement has yet to be made. HK Phil lacks a […]