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Glyndbourne baton handed to Robin Ticciati

4896 days ago
Guardian MusicConductor who joined the renounced opera company at the age of 21 is to become its seventh music director in 2014Glyndbourne is to announce that the conductor Robin Ticciati is to become the seventh music director in the 77-year history of one of the... more info

The drama continues at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow

4898 days ago
Guardian MusicChairman of the organising committee Valery Gergiev resists pressure to influence the judging processMore drama from the Tchaikovsky Competition: first, the competition has had to distance itself from racist remarks made by conductor Mark Gorenstein ... more info

Dietfried Bernet obituary

4898 days ago
Guardian MusicAustrian conductor admired at opera houses across EuropeThe distinguished Austrian conductor Dietfried Bernet, who has died aged 71, was a regular visitor to Britain, where he was much admired by the public and critics alike. Indeed, some of his best... more info

Why is the Tchaikovsky competition deaf to Eduard Kunz's charms?

4903 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Tchaikovsky competition is aimed at rewarding true musical artistry. So why on earth was this magnificent pianist booted off?It wouldn't be a Tchaikovsky competition without some controversy. Here in Moscow, the venue for the piano and cello roun... more info

Pires / LSO / Haitink – review

4903 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican Hall, LondonBernard Haitink's appearances with the LSO, though happily not infrequent these days, are always something to look forward to. Were it not for the Southbank's coup on Monday, cramming both Barenboim and Boulez into the Festival H... more info

Music returns to the Light Fantastic

4903 days ago
Guardian MusicOnce the nation's favourite sound on the wireless, light music is making a finely orchestrated revival. Suzy Klein meets those at the forefront of a finely orchestrated revivalAn orchestra ­shimmers, its golden ­melodies prodding deep ­memories: s... more info

Miah Persson: Innocence and experience

4903 days ago
Guardian MusicMiah Persson is exploring her darker side with two roles at Glyndebourne this season, and she's relishing the challengeSwedish soprano Miah Persson has a beef with the opera world. "I have a problem with all this typecasting today. It's so much abou... more info

Frances-Hoad: The Glory Tree; The Ogre Lover; Melancholia, etc – review

4903 days ago
Guardian MusicLendvai String Trio/London Mozart Trio/Kreisler Ensemble (Champs Hill)Now in her early 30s, Cheryl Frances-Hoad studied composition at Cambridge with Robin Holloway and at King's College London with George Benjamin among others, but this collection o... more info

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Simon Rattle – review

4904 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonFor a musician who is said to have turned his back on Britain, Simon Rattle has been around the old place rather a lot in 2011. Not that there was a great deal of effort required for Rattle to reconnect with the musicians o... more info

The Infernal Comedy - review

4909 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonWritten for John Malkovich, two sopranos, a baroque orchestra, and its conductor, Michael Sturminger's The Infernal Comedy is a disquieting music theatre piece about Jack Unterweger, an Austrian serial killer and writer, who committed... more info

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