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I was the first woman in the Berlin Philharmonic
10+ hour, 33+ min ago (137+ words) The orchestra has conducted a rare interview with the Swiss violinist Madeleine Carruzzo who joined under Karajan in 1982. She played on until retirement three years ago, at the age of 67. Born in Sion, Switzerland, she studied there with Tibor Varga....
Running Salzburg? The 'gay Jewish kangaroo'...
15+ hour, 6+ min ago (145+ words) Austrian media are reporting that Barry Kosky, the flambpoyant former head of Berlin’s Komische Oper, is hotly favoured to be the next artistic director of the Salzburg Festival. Kosky, 59, is keeping shtum, but his credentials are perfect and his iconoclasm…...
Away supporters turn out in force for National Symphony Orchestra
14+ hour, 29+ min ago (133+ words) slippedisc.com Away supporters turn out in force for National Symphony Orchestra The paper has refused, we understand, to publish⦠Here is the complete text of my current⦠The good stuff first. The house where Zweig⦠The former music director…...
McDonalds now serves classical music
14+ hour, 49+ min ago (133+ words) The local BBC reports: A decision was made by Derbyshire Police to compose a Problem Management Plan (PMP) for the restaurant and surrounding area at the corner of Chesterfield Marketplace. In store, measures were brought in including a playlist of…...
Jerusalem finds emergency music director
15+ hour, 19+ min ago (128+ words) The Jerusalem Symphony is in dire straits. Local funding has been withdrawn. The last music director, Julian Rachlin, left a few weeks ago when closure loomed. Last night the orchestra declared itself ‘honored and moved’ to name a new music…...
The long read: Sondheim's Jewish Life
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (177+ words) Here is the complete text of my current essay in The Critic: Stephen Sondheim and the Jewish question Two recent Sondheim shows and a groundbreaking biography confirm his chameleon-like gift for validity. Into the Woods at London’s Bridge Theatre, the…...
When the New York Times is wrong, it prefers to stay wrong
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (527+ words) The paper has refused, we understand, to publish several letters refuting critic David Allen’s warped reports on the Boston Symphony. When this newspaper is wrong, it likes to stay wrong. Here’s one unpublished letter from former BSO violinist Gerald Elias:…...
Trump's board votes to restore his name on Kennedy Center
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (124+ words) It is reported that the Trump-stacked board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted yesterday to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building to read: ‘Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.’ They also voted to…...
Leonard Slatkin: Unasked questions at the Kennedy Center
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (264+ words) The former music director of the National Symphony Orchestra is concerned about capital affairs: After several weeks of relative quiet, a flurry of articles, speculation, and limited action emerged regarding the situation at the Kennedy Center. Several reports outlined possible…...
Death of an English opera founder
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (125+ words) The artist Christina Gascoigne, who wih her late husband Bamber Gascoigne gave their inherited estate of West Horsley Place to found Grange Park Opera, died today at her home in Richmond at the age of 88. Grange Park chief Wasfi Kani…...