Keri-Lynn Wilson, who conducts the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra on Arte tonight, talks to Backstage Classical about her mission:
‘We are fighting for Ukraine on the cultural front. I consider my baton my weapon, and that weapon is used to inspire my beloved musicians, whom I call soldiers of music. This orchestra is a way to express exactly what Putin is trying to kill: Ukrainian culture.
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NCEM Young Composers Award 2024 winners Ryan Collins and Charlotte Robertson with Ex Corde Each year Young Composers Award is presented by the National Centre for Early Music in association with BBC Radio 3 and […]
Buffet Crampon, makers of Boehm clarinets and much else, has acquired the percussion instrument makers Bergerault. BC also owns Rigoutat, Powell Flutes and multiple other brands. The post French instrument makers complete takeover appeared first […]
The composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi grew up with one ancestor as post-War president of Italy and another as its leading literary publisher. What chance did he have in life? If I could re-live any […]
