The two largest London agencies are hoovering up women conductors. Askonas Holt today signed Corinna Niemeyer, assistant conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. A protégée

The Lucerne Festival Strings have received on loan the c.1680 ‘Sellière’ Stradivarius, played by the Austrian virtuosos Wolfgang Schneiderhan from about 1934 until 1979. The

We hear that Birmingham’s Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has turned down an offer to succeed Kent Nagano at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. That leaves two

Jonas Kaufmann in a concert of arias with Kate Aldrich and conductor Jochen Rieder at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt, this weekend (photo: Pro Arte) She’s

Ferocious criticisms of the hall’s acoustics, after audience members protested that they could not hear Jonas Kaufmann, have drawn a bunker-mentality response from embattled Intendant

Terry Teachout has dug out this wonderful Peter Brook conversation with Sir Thomas. Watch at 08.30