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Conductor steps back in New Zealand
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (92+ words) The Auckland Philharmonia has informed us that its music director, Giordano Bellincampi, will become Laureate in 2027 afte 12 years in the position. Bellincampi, 61, is an Italian who moved to Denmark and made his way as a player in the Royal Danish…...
French festivals chief, RIP - Slippedisc
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (95+ words) A founder of festivals and fixer of much else, Yves Petit de Voize died yesterday in his 70s. He founded and directed fetivals in Deauville, Royaumont, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Maximin and Lyon and was artistic director of the Montreux Festival. In the…...
Conductor quits London orch because there's no place for working-class kids
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (330+ words) Robert Ames was joint founder of the London Contemporary Orchestra in 2006. Today he publicly resigned from the LCO in a Guardian polemic, arguing that there’s no longer a route into UK orchestras for children from poorer backgrounds. Here’s the nub…...
Zubin will attend, not conduct, season opener
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (128+ words) Slipped Disc Zubin will attend, not conduct, season opener For the second time in her long-running litigation⦠The Greek-born German researcher Constantin Floros has died⦠A request for information that I raised on⦠The Detroit Symphny Orchestra has eliminated three…...
Turmoil in Detroit as 3 are fired amid yawning deficit
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (77+ words) The Detroit Symphny Orchestra has eliminated three senior staff positions. They are: Director of Culture & Inclusion Director of Safety & Security and Manager of Volunteer & Patron Experiences. All three are public facing roles. The DSO has registered deficits in three of…...
Eminent French composer, 90
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (85+ words) The passing has been made known of Thérèse Brenet, winner of the 1965 Grand Prix de Rome and a professor at the Paris Conservatoire until her retirement in 2000. She composed both tonal and atonal works. She shared the family home in…...
Boulez partner dies
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…...
Belgium loses one of its last classical record stores
1+ week, 1+ day ago (93+ words) The Brussels haven known as La Boîte à Musique shut down today. The business will continue online and staff will still be available to advise on phone but the inexorable disapperance of the record store as a social entity is…...
Anyone got spare skis for the opera?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (92+ words) Montpellier Opera has put out a call for donations of ski wear. It is preparing a December premiere of The Fairy’s Kiss by Ukrainian composer Theodore Akimenko, conducted by Kirill Karabits, but it lacks anough gear for the chorus. It…...
Paris mourns guitarist, 30
1+ week, 4+ day ago (69+ words) The Paris Conservatoire has annpunced the death of Pascal Lepage, who was in the final year of his teaching proficiency exams. He was an active soloist, also performing in the Simmetria duo which he forms with the flautist Anna Killy....