You’d expect to find Juilliard, Curtis and Yale in there. But Rice University, Baylor and St Olaf at the top of the pile? This is

In the host of new operas that I’ve seen over the past 40 years, two stand out for unexampled awfulness. The first was John Buller’s

Passengers whose flights were cancelled out of New York’s main airport were offered a welcome distraction when Michelle Ross whipped out her violin and got

After playing its last scheduled concert this weekend, the tide has turned in San Antonio. The board chair resigned, the Mayor made a pledge and

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation adopted an official hymn last week. It was composed a Luxembourg bandmaster (must be Luxembourg’s turn for something) and it

Friends have reported the death on January 3 of Luigi Alberto Bianchi, one of the foremost Italian viola virtuosi wit many recordings to his credit on

Alitalia has responded predictably to the destruction of a 17th century viola da gamba by trashing the passenger in the country’s most influential newspaper. No

The Financial Times, one of the last newspapers of genuine authority, has published a situation report by Richard Fairman under the headline, ‘Why Germany is