The death has been communicated of Barbara Kolb, a prominent American modernist. She was among the first Americans to work with Pierre Boulez at his IRCAM institute in Paris.
From the press release: Jacquelyn Stucker has withdrawn from all performances of The Marriage of Figaro for health reasons. The role of Countess Almaviva will be performed by Maria Bengtsson. Press release Wednesday 28 August […]
Just another headline-grabbing blast from the Vivaldi peddler: Nigel Kennedy, the virtuoso violinist, has said “boring” concert programme notes are ruining classical music. He told The Telegraph that a “plague of experts” were distracting audiences […]
The conductor Francois-Xavier Roth, who has been accused of sending inappropriate sexual messages to orchestral players, has informed the the Gürzenich orchestra of Cologne that he has ‘decided not to conduct’ while his conduct is […]