Watch: Robot plays cello solo with orchestra

Moscow-trained Ilya Shmukler, 27, has swept the board at the Geza Anda piano competition in Geneva. He won the main prize, audience prize and the young jury’s vote, plus best Mozart performance.   The post […]

Before Martha Argerich gave her heart-stopping Bach encore at the Israel Philharmonic this week, conductor Lahav Shani announced that she was playing for the pianist Alon Ohel, who has been held captive and wounded in […]

From an interview with Bruce Duffie in 2005: Many young conductors come up and ask for advice.  It is hard, you know.  The first thing is that real talent needs not so much advice.  It […]