Tulsa Opera are claiming this is the first time a trans woman has taken to the US opera stage. Announcing its new season, Artistic Director Tobias

The city’s cultural bureaucracy has announced a new jury for the contest, after Fabio Luisi’s resgination. It is chaired by a Russian violinist. Here’s the

We have been saddened to learn that the Toronto accordion virtuoso Alexander Sevastian, died on Friday in Ajijic, Mexico, a few hours before he was due

The Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko made his Berlin Philharmonic debut this weekend, together with the violinist Michael Barenboim.  Kirill Peterenko – the orchestra’s incoming music

Just when you thought you were safe from the soi-disant opera singer – it’s seven months since her last Slipped Disc appearance – we’ve been

The Opéra de Paris has posted the following notice: Due to illness, Anna Netrebko will not be performing the role of Violetta Valéry in La

This is the jury at the Reine Elisabeth competition in 1959. No points for recognising Menuhin (3rd left) and Oistrakh (3rd right). But who are

Jody Ellis co-founded the Santa Fe Community Orchestra in 1982. Almost up to her death last week, she was still turning up in the cello

If you check in a guitar with Japan Airline, this is what you’ll get. It’s a huge gesture in the right direction. They are trialling

The French strings world is in mourning for Didier Lockwood, a household name both as a jazz violinist and as a campaigner for music education.