Pick of the Week

In a Commentary essay on child prodigies, the critic Terry Teachout lays blame for cultural degeneration on Yehudi and his

Ten cases to consider: 1 Arvid and Mariss Jansons   2 Neeme and Paavo Järvi 3 Kurt and Michael Sanderling

From culture columnist Janan Ganesh in the Financial Times: … In the 1960s, Europe’s power to bewitch outsiders with its

First the Canadian pianist receives Leipzig’s Bach medal. Then she gets the Wigmore Medal for her contribution to London’s premier

The Principal of the RAM sent out a message to staff and students today, promising an ‘independent’ investigation into unanswered

A rush of four discoveries on the Lebrecht Album of the Week. Gripping stuff. Here.

The pioneering entrepreneur of period instruments has been gone less than four years and the field has shrunk since his

Forget the typo in the title. Who’s the famous chap in the picture? The recording is now on general release.

The Welsh mezzo-soprano, 39, was robbed on the King’s Road, Chelsea, while rushing to the aid of an older woman

The Dutch Government has agreed to splash out 12.4 million Euros towards staging the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next

There is a clutch of French conductors who are making fine careers around the world. Louis Langrée in Cincinnati Philippe