Guardian Music — Conductor 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

Guardian Music — Chairman 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

Guardian Music — Austrian 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

Guardian Music — The 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

Guardian Music — Barbican 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

Guardian Music — Once 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

Guardian Music — Miah 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

Guardian Music — Lendvai 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

Guardian Music — Royal 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

Guardian Music — Barbican, 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