The violist Clifton Harrison has let it be known he is leaving the Kreutzer Quartet in a couple of weeks. He has been with the much-recorded group for just under ten years.
The restless David Chan, concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for the past 24 years, was named last night principal conductor of the Apollo Orchestra of Washington DC. Earlier this month Chan was appointed director […]
A new Youtube channel, Opus Obscura, has broiught out recording of Elgar’s cello concerto by the late principal cello of the Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Bartolomey. It is conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and takes extremely […]
The orchestra takes up a six-day residency this week with chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and pianist Yuja Wang. The residency includes four orchestra concerts at the Shanghai Grand Theatre with works by Johannes Brahms, Richard […]