UPDATE: Kyeong Ham, an oboist with the Concertgebouw orchestra in Amsterdam, won second prize at the ARD finals this afternoon together with Juliana Koch, principal

The winner of the ARD piano prize is Jeung-Beum Sohn, 26, from South Korea. The German finalist Fabian Müller came second. In the guitar section, no

The pianist and his sister Elisabeta have placed a death notice today for their mother, Polina, who has died at 91. Her life’s journey took

As the Wagnerian soprano sang her final Isolde and Kundry, she was followed by an ARTE documentary crew. Watch here.  

A promising Indian pianist with an international following has died after jumping from the 12th floor of a Mumbai apartment block. Karan Joseph had his

The death is reported of Elisabeth Parry, a member of Britten’s English Opera Group and founder of the London Opera Players, a group that flourished

The death of Pierre Bergé reminds me of the unexpected consequences of the wealthy fashion mogul’s decision to sack Daniel Barenboim as music director of the

The death is reported of Michael Friedman, composer and lyricist of several Broadway shows, most successfully with Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. He was 41 years old.

We hear that the Oregon Bach Festival is quietly cancelling contracts with artists who have been asked to perform and teach there next year. The