Prime Minister Bart De Wever has taken the unusual step of speaking out against an arts festival for making a political decision to ban the Israeli conductor Lahav Shani with the Munich Philharmonic orchestra. The […]
The last 24 in the 2024 Queen Elisabeth violin competition were decided last night in Brussels. They include Dmitry Smirnov of Russia, a dark horse, and Bohdan Luts of Ukraine (pic), recent winner of the […]
A howl has gone up at Die Presse at the sight of next season’s concert listings. Chief critic by Wilhelm Sinkovicz has counted the concerts from two leading promoters and found that there is more […]