This is the Dutch TV investigation into allegations of abusive conduct by the country’s leading conductor, Jaap van Zweden. Includes rare hiostorical footage.
What an opportunity this is! As the Khachaturian Competition in Armenia (Yerevan) consistently proves, Aram Khachaturian (1903-78) is a composer to be reckoned with (see my review of that competition in 2021 here). He is […]
The family of James Loughran, long serving conductor of the Halle Orchestra, have announced his death in a care facility at the age of 92. Loughran headed the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra from 1965 to 1971 […]
From the Santa Fe New Mexican: Charles MacKay, who led the Santa Fe Opera for a decade as its general director, was arrested March 21 in Powell, Wyo., after he was accused of propositioning two […]