Hiroko Nakamura was the first Japanese to finish among the final six at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, placing fourth in 1965 behind Martha

Taking their security lead from Bayreuth, German music festivals are banning bags and backpacks in the aftermath of recent attacks. The impact is being felt

The conductor Peter J. Re who professionalised the Bangor Symphony Orchestra in Maine in the late 1960s, has died in a local veterans home at a

We have just heard from the violinist Madeleine Mitchell: So relieved to say I just heard from Krysia (Osostowicz) she has her violin and bows

My abiding memory of Einojuhani Rautavaara, who died last night at 87, is of lunch at what was once the tallest restaurant in Helsinki. It

The German soprano has tweeted herself out of Traviata next week at Orange, in a cast that includes Placido Domingo and Francesco Meli. @DianaDamrau Unfortunately Diana had

Home movies of Adolf Hitler with the Wagner family in the summer of 1936 have been rediscovered at Bayreuth. The films were shot by the

The doyen Czech conductor Libor Pesek has cancelled a UK tour ‘because of injuries sustained in a car accident’. Libor, who is 83, was to

Finnish media report the death during the night of Einojuhani Rautavaara, at the age of 87. The most widely performed Finnish symphonist after Sibelius, Rautavaara led the

Here’s a telling comparison: There are 14 world premieres this year at the BBC Proms, which runs for 8 weeks, July 15-September 10. There are