The Bonn festival, in October, has booked Belgium’s B’Rock Orchestra to contextualise the first symphony: The B’Rock Orchestra feels like an integral part of society and wants to contribute to a meaningful discussion. In its […]
The board of the embattled Australian orchestra has acted swiftly in the wake of the rebel pianist incident. Out, immediately, goes Sophie Galaise, the Canadian chief executive. ‘We want to acknowledge Sophie’s contribution over the […]
A storm is still raging over the refusal of the Queen Elisabeth Competition winner, the Ukrainian violinist Dmytro Udovychenko, to shake the hand of one of the judges, the Russian violinist Vadim Repin. Udovychenko, 24, […]