The head of the Mariinsky theatres in St Petersburg and Vladivostok has signed a cooperation agreement with the Acting Governor of the Sakhalin Region, Valery

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: A soprano at the start of her journey cuts a debut album as another reaches what must be

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has just named Daniel Barenboim its Ehrendirigent, or honorary conductor. The announcement follows his reinstallation this week at the Staatsoper under

Two string players retired last night from the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC. Cellist Janet Frank, Washington born and educated in the city’s public

I was at the Linbury at Covent Garden last night to see Ivan van Hove’s staging of Leos Janáček’s song cycle, The Diary of One

The Dutch violinist, who has been prone to cancellation, has opted for a teaching life in the Alps. She will succeed Pavel Vernikov as professor