Pick of the Week

The violinist, tonight in Stockholm, on receiving the Polar Prize: ‘I am simply overwhelmed by the honour and acknowledgment which

The Australian pianist who was fired from Lang Lang’s China competition has snubbed his nose at the piano star by

What a lovely couple! exclaims the lifestyle magazine. In this week’s HELLO! magazine Lang Lang, the world’s most celebrated pianist, speaks

The sudden death of Mark Richter, founder of Alamo City Opera in San Antonio, has prompted the board to shut

The composer Ib Norholm, who died yesterday, stood on a continuum that stretched back through his teacher, Vagn Holmboe, to

The orchestra of La Scala gave its annual open air concert in Piazza Duomo this week. More than 25,000 stood

The English pianist Imogen Cooper will chair the Leeds International Piano Competition in September 2021. Royal Liverpool Phil will continue

The sudden death has been announced of Alexander Willscher, co-founder of AW Reeds, makers of modern reeds and mouthpieces. He

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal have begun recording the symphonies of Jean Sibelius. You don’t often see

Two musical knights were created at the weekend. David Pountney, 71, was head of productions at English National Opera during

Opera America has provided grants of up to $50,000 each to six women composers for previously commissioned works. The recipients