When two guitars are better than one

This letter is doing the rounds online from conductor Anton Lubchenko to members of the St. Petersburg Governor’s Symphony Orchestra. You may find it horrific, sadistic and misanthropic. Russian musicians tell us that’s how things […]

There’s room at the top of Canadian Opera Company. Look at the admin board and you’ll find that COC Deputy General Director Christie Darville has been erased. No word from anyone. Darville has been with […]

The venerable  Wilhelm Brückner, who built some 350 violins, violas and  cellos over seven decades, has died in Erfurt,  Thuringia, aged 92. He made his first instrument at 15. The family tradition continues through his […]