Rafael Payare had barely lifted a baton in Belfast this season before his new orchestra was confronted with looming bankruptcy. As light relief from the

There are two symphonic cycles in progress, one from the New York Philharmonic, the other from the Royal Stockholm Phil. Easy choice? By no means.

We knew Jean Sibelius liked his booze. An official guide to the composer’s life tells us – in six languages – exactly where he knocked

After a two-year break for certain local difficulties, Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesotans will resume recording the Sibelius symphonies for BIS. Press release below.  

Russian media have announced the death of Countess Yoko Nagae Ceschina, a Japanese harpist who married a wealthy Italian businessman and spent much of his

We’re getting reports of the death of Elena Obraztsova. The great mezzo-soprano was 76. She was having medical treatment in Germany. Born in Leningrad during the

Message from one of our artist friends in a major opera house: Rehearsal day one, with a stinker of a cold. I want to be

I have written an account of my family’s engagement with France as an op-ed in today’s Daily Telegraph. You can read it here. My perception