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That little violin store on the prairie
15+ hour ago (345+ words) Harry Sanders, who died this week, aged 59, was a chronicler of his city, Calgary, capital of Canada’s oil industry. It’s a town of 1.3 million souls with a resident philharmonic orchestra. Musicians used to get their instruments maintained at W A…...
New boss at Lincoln Center
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (91+ words) Weston Sprott has been chosen as the new Executive Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. For the past seven years he has been Dean and Director of the Preparatory Division at the Juilliard School, not usually a stepping stone to…...
Juanjo Mena lays down the baton
3+ 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…...
Conductor steps back in New Zealand
3+ 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…...
They would like these pedigree violins to go to working musicians
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (180+ words) The instrument dealer Andrew Hooker, former director of Sotheby’s musical instruments department, went on to ply his trade independently from a converted church in Rode, Somerset. Andrew died suddenly in January this year. His remaining stock of instruments and bows,…...
All's quiet on the Boston front
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (129+ words) We’re hearing from source in Boston and New York that the Boston Symphony management has ended its relationship with New York publicist Amanda Ameer, who advised them over the handling of the removal of Andris Nelsons as music director. Neither…...
Just in: Opera North names German music director
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (68+ words) The company, based in Leeds, has chosen Patrick Lange to succeed Garry Walker, who departs after almost a decade in 2028. Lange, 45, has been Generalmusikdirektor in Wiesbaden and a guest conductor in major German houses. For the second time in her…...
Conductor quits London orch because there's no place for working-class kids
4+ 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…...
Pittsburgh principal cello retires after 50 years
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (86+ words) Members of the touring party report that Anne Martindale Williams is retiring as principal cello of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at the end of its present European tour. Anne joined the orchestra in 1976 and was promoted to principal in 1979. Anne,…...
Zubin will attend, not conduct, season opener
4+ day, 4+ 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…...