Pat Kop conducts Haydn’s Farewell Symphony with members of the Karajan Academy in Berlin. In the finale, the players walk off, one by one. It’s a Covid-era concert, with cadenzas by the leader. The post […]
The US violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic since 2014, has been co-opted by the Curtis Institute as its first ‘visiting faculty member’. He will devote one residency each semester to mentoring […]
Washington sources say the president will offer personal input on future programming and will demand to nominate the artists who receive the Center’s annual honours. Since the board is now composed of Trump stooges, his […]