Pick of the Week

Our opera fans Elizabeth Frayer and Shawn E. Milnes are getting out and about again.   Elizabeth: It was like Disney

The University of Michigan’s $100,000 M-Prize has been called off for lack of funds. Here’s what they say: Thank you

The former LSO doublebass player Michael Francis who used to take the podium when Valery Gergiev was late or absent

New York musicians have voted overhelmingly to depose Local 802 president Tino Gagliardi and replace him with a horn player, Adam

Taavi Oramo, 27, has signed with his father’s agency, HarrisonParrott. His parents are BBC conductor Sakari Oramo and coloratura soprano

The orchestra announced last night that Osmo Vanska is leaving in 2022. No less significant is the recent departure of

From Dmitri Badiarov, of Badiarov Violins: Enjoy British Airways! The only airline I had issues with in my entire life (oneviolin destroyed

Face of the Day: Laura Delgado Casado, 25, newly appointed principal second violin of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Bilbao.  

He’s conducting the Sofia Philharmonic in Bulgaria this week. Possibly a debut.

Katherine Johnson is leaving the orchestra after ten years in charge of communications. (UPDATE: I have modified the following comment:)

Christmas has come early in Helsinki and everyone’s at the sales. First Esa-Pekka Salonen calls time on London’s Philharmonia –