Almost six years to the day since his last appearance Bryn, now Sir Bryn, Terfel made it back to Koerner hall for a much anticipated…
View More Bryn at KoernerМесец: май 2022
Berlin Philharmonic abolishes masks, sort of
Message received: Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Please note that the mandatory wearing of an FFP2 mask in the Philharmonie Berlin will no longer apply from…
View More Berlin Philharmonic abolishes masks, sort ofIntroducing Ademdai
In December last year, I found myself in contact with the conductor, researcher and arranger Dario Salvi in connection with his recording of Meyerbeer’s first opera,…
View More Introducing AdemdaiChicago Symphony mourns principal flute
Donald Peck, a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1957 until 1999 and principal flute for over forty years, died on April 29. He…
View More Chicago Symphony mourns principal fluteA list of my songs
I love lists of things (though I am very bad at keeping the lists up to date). The other day I was tidying my music…
View More A list of my songsVienna: Roscic joins the rat race
The Vienna State Opera director Bogdan Roščić told yesterday’s season-launch press conference that he will apply for a second term in his job, despite the…
View More Vienna: Roscic joins the rat raceExclusive: The Valery Gergiev I knew
In the new issue of The Critic, I write about my 30-year connection with the Putin conductor. … His family knew how to work the…
View More Exclusive: The Valery Gergiev I knewSergio A. Mims – Jonathon Heyward and Clarinetist Afendi Yusuf Performing Mozart and Dvorak with the Chicago Grant Park Symphony in July
Jonathon Heyward Afendi Yusuf Grant Park Music Festival Sergio A. Mims writes: W, Conductor Jonathon Heyward will make his long awaited Chicago debut this…
View More Sergio A. Mims – Jonathon Heyward and Clarinetist Afendi Yusuf Performing Mozart and Dvorak with the Chicago Grant Park Symphony in July