Watch: Wilhelm Kempff, 75, reimagines Mozart

How far may a person go to free themselves from dire circumstances? Here, a woman becomes a vile murderer, and yet the 26-year-old composer Shostakovich sympathises with her.  Of his own radically complex leading character, […]

HarrisonParrott has inked a 14 year-old Finnish schoolgirl, Lilja Haatainen, who plays the violin. She has already played concertos with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Finnish Chamber Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, […]

The actors union Equity today began balloting its members at Welsh National Opera to approve industrial action. Chorus pay is being cut by at least 15% and numbers will be reduced, with a real threat […]