The increasingly Islamist and authoritarian regime has ordered the replacement of Chopin’s funeral march with one by an Ottoman composer which has lyrics from the

We hear that the prodigious Michael Winfield, who played oboe on Strawberry Fields Forever, has died. Mike played oboe and cor anglais in the Halle

After 18 years as music director of the Vancouver Symphony, the British conductor Bramwell Tovey is to be Director of Orchestral Activities at Boston University School

Brian Schembri has been dumped as artistic director and principal conductor of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. He was replaced in the last concert of the

Jakob Hrusa and Tomas Netopil are local favourites to succeed the late Jiri Belohlavek as music director of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. They met last

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 73, has told the BBC Today programme she will never sing in public again. She said she stopped performing a year ago, but

The Revopera site has come up with a table of the biggest spenders in Europe. The top five are: 1 Salzburg – 62.5 million Euros

A tragic tale from Duluth, Minnesota. Tina Thielen Gaffey, former associate music professor and choral director at the University of Minnesota Duluth, died of what her

The University that fired Matthew Halls as artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival has finally come out from its nuclear bunker to make a

Two weeks into the season, Anna Netrebko is taking a 10-day break… and with a new look. Ура! 10 дней отдыха ✌️😍♥️🎢спектакль отпели! Hurray!! 10

The cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, BBC Young Musician of the Year, has given £3,000 to his former school to ensure the cello is taught there for the