Many Happy Returns to Nelly Akopian-Tamarina.
Many Happy Returns to Maurizio Pollini, 79 today.
Many Happy Returns to Alfred Brendel, 90 today.
ROH Winter Programme to open with Tosca in January 2021 featuring a stellar cast led by operatic superstar Anna Netrebko. … UPDATE: all January performances are cancelled.
Previously published on December 7 Today the Royal Opera House is delighted to announce that The Royal Opera’s Winter 2020/21 Programme will open with 12 performances of Puccini's Tosca. The revival of Jonathan Kent’s 2006 production [pictured]...
News from the Villiers Quartet “New Year – New Beginnings”.
In their tenth anniversary year, the Villiers Quartet are pleased to announce the arrival of two new members – Katie Stillman and Leo Melvin. Canadian violinist Katie Stillman has an extensive career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral principal. Last...
Sad news: Gerry Marsden – of Gerry and the Pacemakers & “You’ll Never Walk Alone” fame – has died at the age of 78.
Many Happy Returns to tenor Allan Clayton, 40 today.
Eloquence presents Ida Haendel: The Decca Legacy.
Dipping-in to this alluring collection celebrating the recently late Ida Haendel’s artistry is to find a previously unpublished recording of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending, from 1997 with the London Philharmonic and Roger Norrington, something known about for...
Salzburg Festival 2021: Daniel Barenboim in Conversation with Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler: “Music as an expression of humanity has suffered; that is what we must fight against.”
Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, founded in 1999, at the Salzburg Festival © Monika Rittershaus (SF, 03 January 2021) The turn of the year is always an occasion to look back and gaze into the future. The Festival’s President talks to Daniel...