Mikhail Bouzine won the Orléans piano competition under nerve-wracking Covid conditions this week. His performance of the Weinberg second sonata is absolutely stunning – record

Enzo Porta, one of Italy’s foremost soloists and chambers musicians, has died aged 89. He taught at Trenot, Parma and Bologna.

Kirill Petrenko tonight ended the last Berlin Philharmonic with 4’33” by John Cage – four and a half minutes of silence. The video is presently

The eminent pianist and teacher Bela Siki died on Thursday in Seattle. A student of Dohnanyi and Weiner at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest,

We have been notified of the death of the clarinettist Ezra Schabas, former principal of Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music and founding manager of Canada’s

Kevin Conners, an artist of Bavarian State Opera since 1988, gathers his thoughts on lockdown day: From the Staatsoper blogsite:   October 27, 2020 When

As foretold two days ago on Slipped Disc, the national lockdown will start at midnight on Monday and will last a month. An hour after

The impresario Raymond Gubbay used to present concerts and opera at the Royal Albert Hall. Next May, the Hall will present an evening dedicated to

The Irish-Canadian soprano Wallis Giunta has some news to share (via her NY publicist):   Well, hello…🤰 Alex (Banfield) and I are delighted to share that