The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced the death of Bruce Rankin, an ensemble member for almost 20 years. Bruce, who died on Monday of

Alison Balsom is to be Artistic Director of Cheltenham Music Festival from next summer. The trumpeter, who is married to the film director Sam Mendes, withdrew

Czech Radio has announced a new Chief Conductor and Artistic Director to succeed the veteran Ondrej Lenard. It’s Alexander Liebreich, head of the Richard Strauss

press release: BE PHIL Orchestra at the Open House in the Philharmonie on 21 May 2018 – a large amateur orchestra plays Brahms’ First Symphony,

A music professor and conductor named in the Boston Globe allegations of sexual misconduct at music colleges has lost his positions at three schools. Eric

Three international string quartets announced changes of personnel this week, always a massive disruption in any tight-knit group.  It so happens that our diarist Anthea

The trustworthy Arthur Kapitanis reports that the Russian pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev has withdrawn from his role as artist in residence with the Orchestre

The renowned American Berlioz scholar D Kern Holoman has been stripped of his titles by the University of California, Davis, after a university administrator came

The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra has issued a statement to local media dissociating itself from James Levine, its music director from 1999 to 2004. The statement

Must be seasonal. After the Fine Arts Quartet changed their viola this week and the Enso announced their closure, the distinguished Quatuor Zaide has received