Kent Nagano has been named principal artistic partner of the Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma.
Dinis Sousa (pic) has been promoted to music director of the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Gateshead-Newcastle.
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Melodrama as a dramatic musical genre has a somewhat patchy history. Whilst Mozart would say of Georg Benda’s melodramas ‘I love these two works so much that I carry them with me’, and indeed works like […]
The NY Times has a soft feature today about its favourite pianist Jeremy Denk choosing a new piano for the Frick. He has a choice of three, all Steinways. America knows no other concert brand. […]
The University of Michigan has become notorious for misdemeanours in its music department. Recent mendacities include: • Voice Professor David Daniels was promoted then fired for sexually assaulting a student. • Violin Professor Stephen […]
