Watch: It’s a Schoenberg opening night

The London Symphony Orchestra has named Simon Johnson as its principal trombone. He has been co-principal with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orechestra and teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Q: Does your instrument have […]

The Vienna Philharmonic has replaced an unwell Franz Welser-Möst in four concerts next weekend with Ivan Fischer. The programme is unchanged: Haydn’s 52nd, followed by Das Lied von der Erde. Minnesota Orchestra, too will have […]

The death hnas been reported of the venerable violinist Marta Kushnirskaya, soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra for three decades and artistic director of the all-female Marta Kushnirskaya Violin Ensemble. Marta was 91. The post […]