Hessische Radio symphony orchestra has named Maximilian Junghanns, 29, as second concertmaster.

He has been playing in the orchestra for the past four years.

The troubled tenor has called off a recital in Gütersloh tomorrow which should have marked his comeback after two months of vocal injury.

Apparently, he has a severe cold.

Report here.

The cellist Josetxu Obregón is playing at the Palacio Real in Madrid next week on the 1700 Stradivarius that belongs to the Royal Collection of the Spanish Crown.

But here’s the thing: he’s got permission to have gut strings installed on the instrument for the first time in modern times and that is setting the Spanish strings world all aquiver.