From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Composers have learned not to mess with Beethoven. Fewer variations have been written on themes by Beethoven than on any other master’s work. Reformers, like Mahler, who sought […]
A report, described as ‘new research’ by the Donne Foundation and the Independent Society of Musicians, shows what are claimed to be ‘significant gender and racial inequalities’. The report shows that: – 89.9% of music, […]
One of the last students of Alexander Goldenweiser, the Moscow pianist Nelly Akopian Tamarina died today at the age of 84. Banned for a while by the Soviets, she taught in London at the Royal […]