Wagner bicentenary

The date of Wagner’s birth bicentenary is not far away – May 22nd 2013.  Click here to read Matthew Westwood’s feature in The Australian.

 

 

Similar Posts

Is Gender a Factor in Conducting? Petrenko Creates a Furore

Just days after violinist Nigel Kennedy claimed that “conductors are completely over-rated”, and on the eve of Marin Alsop becoming the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms, Russian born conductor Vasily Petrenko has created a storm by claiming that orchestras “react better when they have a man in front of them” and that…

2015 Classical Grammy Winners

2015 Classical Grammy Winners

In case you missed the results from earlier this week, here are the winners of the Classical Grammy Awards for 2015   Best Orchestral Performance:  John Adams –  City Noir,  David Robertson, conductor, St. Louis Symphony/Label:  Nonesuch Best Opera Recording:  Charpentier – La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers,  Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Boston Early…

Vale Sir Neville Marriner

The British conductor Sir Neville Marriner who founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 1958, died last Saturday aged 92. Sir Neville began his career as a violinist, playing with the London Symphony Orchestra. Along with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, he eventually became one of the most recorded…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *