Hungary has pulled out of the Eurovision Song Contest, The official reason? ‘Instead of taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020, we will

Dominique Meyer has spoken to an Associated Press reporter about the fractured response to nameless allegations against Placido Doming – banned in America, extolled in

The Paderewski Competition has issued what looks like a lawyers’ statement in an attempt to justify its demotion of one contestant from joint first to

In the December issue of The Critic, out today, I find that a new biography of the composer has laid to rest a long-running international

The latest to clear out before the descent of Bogdan Roscic is the exceptionally capable and well liked press chief André Comploi. He’s joining his

Hamburg State Opera is putting on Verdi’s Falstaff. It is seeking ‘extremely corpulent’ cast members of both sexes for December-January rehearsals. The director is Calixto

Jürgen Flimm, former intendant of the Berlin Staatsoper, has let it be known that he’s lucky to be alive, albeit walking with a stick. Flimm,

The grave of Felix Mendelssohn and his family in the evangelical cemetery on Mehringdamm, Berlin, was vandalised last weekend, police have announced. His sister, the

We’re hearing from former Royal Academy of Music students who are frustrated at the blank wall they encountered when reporting sexual impropriety by their teachers.

Latest review from Birmingham in our CBSO100 series, by Christopher Morley: CBSO Symphony Hall **** This was a delightfully domestic programme from the CBSO; It’s

I have written a few more memories of Jonathan Miller in today’s JC. Among them… “You’re being very Jewish,” he’d chide when I taxed him