Guardian Music — Jazz genius Ornette Coleman will curate this year's Meltdown Festival, and it's set to be even more eclectic than usual. Neil Spencer spoke to himThe annual musical binge that is Southbank's Meltdown Festival has taken on a decidedly chi-chi quality... more info

New York Times — On Monday and Tuesday nights Valery Gergiev conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in the first two of four programs surveying the complete Prokofiev symphonies. more info

Chicago Tribune — There is arguably no more ardent champion of Sergei Prokofiev's symphonies among living conductors than Valery Gergiev, the peripatetic Russian who brought his London Symphony Orchestra to a packed and clamorous Orchestra Hall for an all-Prokofiev co... more info

Guardian Music — Are this lot the future of orchestras? Ed Pilkington dusts off his violin, heads for his spare room - and joins in the auditions for the YouTube Symphony OrchestraI am auditioning for an orchestra. The piece I'm playing has a celebratory feel, with a... more info

Tracksounds — In less than a week, we bust out yet another KILLER interview. After an epic time with master composer Lalo Schifrin just last week, we bring you our one-on-one with composer JORIS DE MAN. One of the most anticipated games of early 2009, has been KI... more info