4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (101+ words) The Spanish conductor has retired permanently after an acceleration of his Alzheimers condition, reports scherzo.es. Mena, who will be 61 his month, made his illness known in March last year. Sources say he has recently taken a rapid turn for…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (117+ words) Jonathan Cooper, violin maker of Portland, Maine, died just before dawn on Labor Day. He was in his 70s. He created more than 500 instruments. Liz Bieber, Jon’s wife, writes: He was dealing with health challenges for the last couple of years…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (116+ words) The Greek-born German researcher Constantin Floros has died in Hamburg at the age of 96. His three-volume Mahler study is the standard German text on the composer, equivalent to La Grange in French albeit less richly detailed. He also wrote major…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (83+ words) We receiving various reports that Tanya Carey, a professor in Chicago, has lost precious Guarnerius in a house fire. Also incinerated were her husband Gerald’s flutes. We have no further details at present but will post a GoFundMe when it’s…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (138+ words) The Badische Neues Nachrichten has noted the death, ahede 84, of Hans Florian Messner, the man who looked after Pierre Boulez for half his long life. Referred to by Boulez as ‘Hans’ and sometimes as ‘my valet’, he took the most…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (142+ words) Slipped Disc Sydney mourns Con chief The death has been announced of the trombonist Ronald Smart, who taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from1975 and was its principal for two years in the 1990s. He established the Con’s first degree…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (114+ words) The Leipzig Bach Festival has decided to confirm the British conductor with his Constellation Orchestra & Choir for its closing concert in June next year. His engagement had been placed on hold after a female employee complained of harrassment during ovations…...