1+ day, 17+ 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…...

5+ day, 1+ 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…...

5+ day, 7+ 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,…...

5+ day, 22+ 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…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (360+ words) A request for information that I raised on social media has drawn some treasurable responses. I asked: I have a memory of a member of the NY Philharmonic playing near Ground Zero in the days after 9/11. Does anyone recall who…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (145+ words) For the second time in her long-running litigation against the Metropolitan Opera, a claim of defamation by Anna Netrebko against the Met’s general manager Peter Gelb has been thrown out by a US court. United State District Judge Annalisa Torres…...

1+ week, 22+ 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, 1+ day ago   (62+ words) The Putin-friendly Vadim Repin, cancelled for a second time by a US orchestra, has signed off on a statement that suggests his uncritical support has softened. Repin endorsed this statement: Conductor Robert Franz, who died a year ago… The orchestra…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (42+ words) Radovan Vlatković is professor of horn at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Conductor Robert Franz, who died a year ago… Congratulations to Joana Mallwitz on the birth of… The shy and retiring chief conductor of the… The musicians have voted unanimously to…...

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…...