Introducing… Mark Walmsley
Mark Walmsley and the Arts and Culture Network Your journey to founding the Arts and Culture Network is quite unique. Could you tell us about … Read more
The art of slowing down
Concertgebouw Brugge is a Flemish arts institution and a global stage for music and contemporary dance. The eye-catching building is also a centre for visual … Read more
Classical Music Signings: Singers Jan 25
IMG Artists has welcomed mezzo-soprano and contralto Stephanie Wake-Edwards for general management. This season, the Berlin-based singer will perform the title role in Carmen with … Read more
A week with…Matthew Barley
Friday My new project for cello, electronics and visuals, Light Stories, opens tomorrow at Southbank Centre (SBC), and today is the get-in. It’s a complicated … Read more
Classical Music Signings Jan 2025
Conductors HarrisonParrott has signed Gabriel Bebeselea to its roster for worldwide general management. Bebeselea, who is Principal Conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic and Founder … Read more
Humanities infighting
The culture wars By Grace Okereke If I were an alien life form observing planet Earth through a sophisticated telescope, what would I see? A … Read more
Pass the baton January 2025
The BBC Symphony Orchestra has extended Dalia Stasevska’s contract as Principal Guest Conductor until September 2027. Appointed in 2019 as the youngest person and first … Read more
A week with… Robert Baird
Monday Just back from WOMEX in Manchester, England and sorting through the work that piled up in my absence. Even with the facility of remote … Read more
Upcoming events January 2025
Chamber Music America 2025 National Conference When: 13-16 February 2025, Houston, Texas, US This four-day event will explore the challenges facing the chamber music world … Read more
Jessye Norman in Kyiv
Looking back: Jessye Norman in Kyiv 2003 Despite the horrors of war, the nightly air raid sirens and audience restrictions (so that everyone can fit … Read more