A Finnish businessman Jon Hellevig was found guilty in 2017 by a Helsinki court of threatening behaviour towards the opera singer Karita Mattila after she

Oliver Herbert, who’s 22, has his first recording out this week. There is nothing flash about him. He’s a quiet, discreet, respectful young musician embarking

Possibly the most evocative piece of music ever written on the east coast of England (except Messiah).

A letter from the principal: Dear staff and students,  Over the last week, we have been holding intensive discussions in response to Black Lives Matter,

The colourful Ian Taylor, a vigorous oil trader and ebullient chairman of the Royal Opera House, has died after a long bout of cancer. He

Vittorio Parisi informs us that Orvieto’s Spaziomusica will work in July and August, cancelling only its conducting competition. The two operas with student conductors and

What??? Read this statement: The Minnesota Orchestra acknowledges that there is more for us to hear and more for us to do in advancing the

Edith Thallaug, a Norwegian mezzo who was a Golden Age Carmen at Stockholm Opera, died on June 7 at the age of 90. She also

Help Musicians UK released a £2.5m fund last Friday to support hard-pressed performers who have not worked in three months. There were 3,500 applications. There

The festival has announced it will put on Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte in the Grosses Festspielhaus, using 1,000 of 2,300 seats, and Richard Strauss’ Elektra

Charlotte Higgins has published a long piece in the Guardian today, demanding to know why big names are not rallying to save the UK’s orchestras.