Italian opera diva and legendary soprano died at 104
[asa]B00002MX4P[/asa] Born in 1910, she was an early-starter, making her operatic debut in 1932 when she sang an oratorio by Italian composer Nino Cattozzo. Her voice went on to win…
New release Joyce DiDonato’s Stella di Napoli
[asa]B00FPTG0TG[/asa] On the cover of her new album Stella di Napoli, Joyce DiDonato seems to burst out of the darkness with a snap of her fingers; frozen in a bold,…
Nigel Kennedy changed The Four Seasons and classical music
[asa]B000002RXL[/asa] In 1989, the classical world was marking the end of an era with the death of Herbert von Karajan. Then Kennedy burst onto the scene and launched a new…
Nigel Kennedy changed The Four Seasons and classical music
[asa]B000002RXL[/asa] In 1989, the classical world was marking the end of an era with the death of Herbert von Karajan. Then Kennedy burst onto the scene and launched a new…
Tenor Plácido Domingo Joins Apple’s iTune festival
It confirms Apple’s commitment to classical. Plácido Domingo will be as the closing artist for the iTunes festival, held at London’s Roundhouse throughout September. The tenor, one of the most celebrated operatic…
‘I write film music in a 19th-century world’, Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore said
Oscar-winner Shore won the annual Classic FM listeners’ poll with his music for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Asked if he considers film music to be a type of…
Symphony orchestras “in their present form have only a few more decades left”
[asa]B00K0ZIL6A[/asa] Conductor Iván Fischer has claimed that the symphony orchestra in general will cease to exist inside the next 30 years. Fischer, founder and conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra,…
Symphony orchestras “in their present form have only a few more decades left”
[asa]B00K0ZIL6A[/asa] Conductor Iván Fischer has claimed that the symphony orchestra in general will cease to exist inside the next 30 years. Fischer, founder and conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra,…
Lang Lang and Harnoncourt talks each other in Gramophone’s September cover story
This cover story is a revealing insight into the creative processes of two of the most distinctive and influential musicians in the world today. Lang Lang says of working with…
‘Mozart 250’ project will launch in 2015 for taking place over 30 years
It has confirmed by classical Opera and conductor Ian Page that they will launch the series of concerts to take place over a 30-year period, beginning next year and celebrating…