Our former weekly diarist, now occasional contributor, Anthea Kreston, has been unexxpectedly immersed in Max Reger. It was a great three weeks in our little

The Joseph Joachim competition in Hannover, which boasted the world’s biggest pot of prizes, has long been regarded as a closed shop for favoured students

Vittorio Grigolo received ovations for his La Scala performance as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’amore yesterday. Afterwards he said: ‘There will always be gossip and words designed

LA Times music critic Mark Swed has written a neatly balanced review of the life and works of Placido Domingo in the City of Angels.

Reports from the UK Independent Inquiry Into Child Sex Abuse continue to unfold a horrifying catalogue of paedophile activity at the leading music schools. Alun

We are saddened to learn of the death from cancer of Agnes Wan-Patterson, a Steinway Artist who won several interational competitions, toured extensively in Europe

The third concert in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s centennial season was another show of British shock and awe. Review by the conductor and