Месец: март 2020

We are receiving reports of the death of Zoltan Pesko, a leading figure in Hungarian musical life and a close friend of the Kurtags. He…

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Rating:  0 Dear reader,   In just a few short weeks, Coronavirus has delivered a blow to all aspects of our lives. Schools closed, hospitals…

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We have been notified of the death of Kenneth Wentworth, a prolific and much-recorded pianist who founded the artist agency now known as Jonathan Wentworth…

View More Death of New York pianist and agency founder, 92

‘Hill and Frith have done us a service’ This week’s free download is the first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano Hands, performed by pianists…

View More Free Download: Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano Four Hands in D

The Canadian label ATMA Classique, which launched the career of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, has been bought out by Montreal music publisher Ad Litteram, with immediate affect.…

View More Biz news: Yannick in label takeover

A conference call between Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter and 200 employees has been intercepted by Jack Posobiec of One America News. In it, Rutter…

View More Whatever happens after Corona, Kennedy Center looks doomed

The German government has published projections of cultural losses as a consequences of the Coronavirus. Cultural industries in Germany generated close to 170 billion Euros…

View More Germany calculates 28 billion (!) in arts losses

The world’s largest music fair, planned for Cannes in June, has been called off. Its director said: ‘The situation related to the coronavirus is changing…

View More Midem is Cannes-ed

Kaija Saariaho went to Helsinki for an orchestral premiere, only to be trapped there by Covid-19. Her husband, the French composer Jean-Baptiste Barrière, is in…

View More Finnish composer: I am here, my husband in France