The Boston Symphony has just rolled out its season. Jonas Kaufmann will sing the third act of Tristan und Isolde opposite Emily Magee. He sang

Christoph Koncz, 31, leader of the 2nd violin section of the Vienna Philharmonic, has been named chief conductor of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, in the

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has appointed Paolo Dutto principal contrabassoon and Robin Wilson to the second violins. That makes four new players so far

This is seriously positive news. The last competition had Leonard Slatkin in the chair and he tolerated no dirty backroom deals between professors. Marin will

The Icelandic company WOW has gone out of business. All flights cancelled. Thousands stranded.

From our diarist Anthea Kreston: Last week, the Artemis Quartet played it’s final European concert with members Eckart Runge (founding cellist) and violinist Anthea Kreston.

The basso Hans Günter Nöcker,who died last week, was a popular soloist for 43 years in the Bavarian Staatsoper. Discovered by Wieland Wagner in Stuttgart,

A new edict has come down from the Ministry of Culture in Moscow. Theatres are no longer allowed to pay business-class flights for guest conductors

The Operanostalgia site reports the death on March 22 of Carlo Franci, a conductor who recorded with the Vienna Philharmonic, the LSO and La Scala

Students at the Curtis Institute of Music are having a midterm meltdown after the Dean ordered the practice rooms to be locked after an outbreak

It’s down to the last three on each instrument. I can now confess that I picked two of the violin finalists on hearing them at