This year’s Wolf Prize in Music will go to the Hungarian composer György Kurtág, who is 98. The citation says: György Kurtág is awarded the Wolf Prize for presenting a shining example of a true […]
Orchestra musicians at the Metropolitan Opera in New York have posted this picture of their cello section last night. No men to draw a bow. They’ll be rubbing their eyes in the Vienna Philharmonic. The […]
Kedrick Armstrong gave his first downbeat as Music Director of the Oakland Symphony on October 18, drawing raves from the crowd and critics: “A striking debut, promising an exciting new era for the symphony… “ Leoni […]