The wife of a former Munich Academy professor who was recently found guilty of sexual offences has herself been convicted of defaming one of his accusers. Complicated report here.

The Italian conductor, 76, was named winner of Japan’s Praemium Imperiale.

Among this year’s other receipients is the French actor Catherine Deneuve.

Ivan Ilic, in his latest video on Anton Reicha, argues that the Czech-French composer discovered minimalism around the middle of his life in a piece comprised of three notes.

Watch.

Man in Glass house.