Following Welsh National Opera boss David Pountney, speaking in Welsh, Dame Kiri te Kanawa has announced Nadine Koutcher, 32, from Belarus, as winner of Cardiff Singer

We are saddened to learn of the death of Gunther Schuller, aged 89.  Christopher O’Reilly reports that he died at 7.55 on Sunday morning, Beethoven’s Ode

The rumour comes in Die Welt from Manuel Bruig, who can be unreliable, but it has legs. Brug says the players have chosen Kirill Petrenko,

An opening set of two Italian arias and one Wagner has put Amartuvshin Enkhbat top of the leader board in the Cardiff Singer of the

The US mezzo opens tonight in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, her mind shadowed by violence and war.   Joyce writes:  I dedicate my run

The author Marina Evreison Arshinova, who used to work at the competition, assesses the mood at the end of Week 1. The first stage of the

Kiri’s old pad is for sale on Long Island.  Sales blurb: Here is a rare opportunity to purchase a unique property, tucked away at the

Yale is engaged on a restoration of Benny Goodman’s film bequest, which is beginning to disintegrate. Remember when artists were proud to be sponsored by

Dave Valentin is a legend on jazz flute. Three years ago he suffered a stroke, followed by a heart attack. Then another stroke. Dave, 63,

In an article of serene unreality, the New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini responds to comments by a former head of Lincoln Center, accusing