Pick of the Week

A decision to omit the name of Peter Pears from a new foundation merging two organisations – Britten-Pears and Snape

From the new Lebrecht Album of the Week: Never a flamboyant conductor, Jiri Belohlavek goes for large dynamic contrasts in

The post-#Metoo Italian conductor is going from strength to strength. He’s head of Rome opera, is having a symphony orchestra

We let you into Emma-Jane Wyatt’s secret little agency the other week, launched with a minimum of fuss. Today she

press release: An extraordinary event will take place on 16 June at the Wiener Musikverein: the countertenor Bejun Mehta sings

Message from Rolando Villazon:   Unsere Stimmen für ein offenes, buntes und vereintes Europa! Am 26. Mai haben wir alle

press release: The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra joins the city-wide celebrations in the run up the Champion League Final on

Our diarist Anthrea Kreston attended the 30th anniversary party for Sonia Simmenauer, the only agent ever to specialise in string

The pianist Denis Matsuev, who is closer to the Russian president than any musician except Valery Gergiev, has announced the

The Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer is stepping down in 2022 after 13 years in Utah. From the press release: Thierry

As a conductor, he tells BR, he doesn’t know how he will transport musicians and instruments back and forth across