Pick of the Week

In the new issue of the Spectator, I have written – with reference to Daniel Barenboim – about the way

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic has decided to mark Beethoven year with all nine symphonies, each paired with a work by

Professor Julian Lloyd Webber, Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, has struck up a partnership with Naxos Records which will

From ACT Records and Naxos Sweden: In February 2019 the Swedish Culture Council “Kulturrådet” released its’ funding plans for the

Seattle Opera Board has named Christina Scheppelmann as it next General Director, starting August 2019. She succeeds Aidan Lang, who

Message from Manchester: The Hallé is pleased to announce the launch of an international conductors competition with Siemens AG, a

It has been announced that Gabriela Montero, indefatigable campaigner against the Venezuela regime, will play her own concerto at Carnegie

John Georgiadis, former leader (concertmaster) of the London Symphony Orchestra, has just brought out a book on the great and

From our diarist Anthea Kreston, soon to leave the Artemis Quartet: I guess this has been perfect. I guess it

It was alleged today that a city lawyer assaulted a fellow-ROH operagoer in a dispute over a woman’s coat. Westminster

There was a symposium today at the Vienna Opera for its 1,000th performance of Der Rosenkavalier. Among those taking past