The rising soprano Sumi Hwang, star of the last Winter Olympics, insists she’s no slave to Samsung: Every morning, she puts away her smartphone, turns

It’s being announced in Monte Carlo that the Italian mezzo-soprano will take over as director of the Opéra in January 2023. ‘I shall put my

Hubert Achermann, chairman for the past 11 years, is leaving the board. He will be succeeded by Markus Hongler, an insurance chief. We hear a

We understand there will be two periods of reconstruction work at Lincoln Center that will displace its Philharmonic tenant. In the first onslaught in 2022,

We hear that the talented Frenchman Lionel Bringuier has left his boutique manager Mark Newbanks and joined HarrisonParrott. A Dudamel protégé in Los Angeles, Bringuier

My new book is published today by Simon & Schuster. Available from all good bookstores and from Amazon. UPDATE: Genius and Anxiety is #2 in

First Beethoven marathon of the anniversary year: On 11 October 2020 the Concertgebouworkest and pianist Krystian Zimerman will perform all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos

Staatstheater Cottbus has appointed a music director to succeed the turbulent American, Evan-Alexis Christ. The new man, Alexander Merzyn, has been holding the fort as

The Met will launch its post-Levine Sexual Harrassment training programme today. Attendance is obligatory. From Diane Zola: Please plan to attend a mandatory anti-harassment workshop,

The National Institute of Social Sciences will honour the Metropolitan Opera General Manager at its annual New York dinner on Thursday. Peter Gelb has a

The world’s foremost oboe virtuoso, Heinz Holliger, has been honoured with a doctorate by the University of Basle. It’s his 80th birthday year. He is