9+ hour, 17+ min ago  (84+ words) The death has been announced of Bed'ich Tyl'ar, horn player of the Czech Philharmonic for three decades and brother of its principal horn, Zdenek Tyl'ar. The siblings recorded many horn duets together. Bed'ich, who was 86, died on Easter Sunday. He…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (257+ words) It is well documented that Serge Koussevitsky wanted to hand over his Boston Symphony baton in 1949 to the brilliant local conductor, Leonard Bernstein. He urged the board that "among the younger generation there is no one who can match or…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (391+ words) From our roving critic Susan Hall: Innocence, Kaija Saariaho's searing meditation on collective guilt, received its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Many of the artists from its world premiere at the Aix-en-Provence Festival five years ago are present…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (179+ words) From our agony aunt's mailbag: My question is if I can ask my orchestra director to put me concertmaster instead of second chair first violin. I am still clearly a stronger violinist and feel that I deserve a chance at…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (199+ words) The Irish conductor asks a simple question in the wake of the Boston furore: what can we learn from the most powerful conductor i living memory? As the orchestral world continues to reel from the inexplicable and mishandled ending of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (109+ words) The British conductor and his Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have joined a wave of European dismay at the treatment of Andris Nelsons by the Boston Symphony board. The Munich musicians say, in part: "We greatly regret the termination of Andris…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (109+ words) An hour or so after Intermusica sold part of the business to a French family fund, Harrison Parrott leaked out the departure of its chief operating officer and general counsel. Lorna Aizlewood, 60, former legal chief of EMI Classics, has decided…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (105+ words) The Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition has been won by Lee Hyeon-jeong of South Korea. She is just 16. The next two prizes went to her compatriots, Choi Joo-ha, and Lim Hae-won. The competition is open to candidates under the age of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (157+ words) Given the circumstances, and to give the 42 pianists, who have been preparing for the competition for over a year, a chance to showcase their talent, the first two stages of the Rubinstein Competition (the recitals) will proceed as scheduled from…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (230+ words) A music critic in the pro-government newspaper Daily Sabah has raised a hue and cry about an IDF uniform being shown in the national company's new opera Edusa. Its composer G'ldiyar Tanr'da'l' is the first Turkish woman to have an…...