French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli passed away on this day in 1997, aged 89. After learning keyboard instruments, Grapelli took up the violin. Throughout his…
View More ON THIS DAY | Jazz Violinist Stephane Grappelli Died in 1997Месец: ноември 2021
ON THIS DAY | Pedagogue Pyotr Stolyarsky Was Born in 1871
Legendary Soviet violinist and teacher Pyotr Stolyarsky was born on this day in 1871. As a pedagogue, his impact on music education for children and…
View More ON THIS DAY | Pedagogue Pyotr Stolyarsky Was Born in 1871Calixto Bieito opens Lohengrin in Berlin
Amid darkening skies and rising Corona infections, the Spanish controversialist finally stages a long-postponed Lohengrin tonight in Berlin. ‘It’s about justice and democracy,’ he says.…
View More Calixto Bieito opens Lohengrin in BerlinSo who’s conducting your camp this summer?
Interlochen has signed up an A-list of tutors for its World Youth Symphony Orchestra. Jader Bignamini, Roderick Cox, Tito Muñoz and Erina Yashima join JoAnn…
View More So who’s conducting your camp this summer?Young Composers and Emerging Musicians
The National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) has announced details of the 2022 Young Composers Award, for composers aged 25 and under. The Liverpool Philharmonic…
View More Young Composers and Emerging MusiciansMozart balls maker goes bust
Collapse of the tourist trade has left the confectionery manufacturer Salzburg Schokolade facing bankruptcy. Among other products, the company produces Mirabell Mozart balls for the…
View More Mozart balls maker goes bustHerr Arnes penningar: Göteborg Opera revives rarely performed opera by 20th century Swedish composer Gösta Nystroem
Swedish composer Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966) studied composition in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Paris, and in Paris his teachers included Vincent D’Indy and Leonid Sabanayev. Nystroem is…
View More Herr Arnes penningar: Göteborg Opera revives rarely performed opera by 20th century Swedish composer Gösta NystroemNot a day goes by
Stephen Sondheim is sorely missed. The post Not a day goes by appeared first on Slipped Disc.
View More Not a day goes byExclusive: Deep trouble at the Met’s Tosca
We hear that that Scarpia was a no-show at yesterday’s rehearsal for Thursday’s opening of Tosca. Evgeny Nikitin was cast in the role, but he…
View More Exclusive: Deep trouble at the Met’s ToscaA Night at the Opera
Ulster Touring Opera is an ambitious new cross-border company based in Belfast. Under artistic director Dafydd Hall Williams the company has announced its debut season,…
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