From my latest monthly essay in The Critic, out now: One morning in 2007 I knocked at the door of a Berlin villa and was admitted by staff. I was shown into a music room whose […]
The 24 semifinalists were named overnight, culled from 60 contestants. It looks like most of the Chinese entrants failed to make the cut. The survivors are: Robert Bily Rachel Breen Valère Burnon Jacopo Giovannini Arthur […]
The orchestra of Spain’s poorest region has just lost its leader: Andrés Salado, Artistic and Principal Conductor of the Orquesta de Extremadura (OEX) in Spain, has terminated his position at the helm of the orchestra due to, in […]