14+ hour, 42+ min ago  (122+ words) The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has appointed appointment Alex Mitchell as Viola Section Leader and Flipe Dandalo, from Brazil, as Double Bass player. Both start in September. Alex Mitchell said: ‘My mum’s side of the family is from Liverpool and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (150+ words) Consultent Artistic Director Andrew Cornall is leaving the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra after 20 years. A former record executive at Decca and EMI, Andrew recruited Vasily Petrenko as chief conductor in 2006 and Domingo Hindoyan in 2021. The RLPO was in the doldrums…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (50+ words) From a review by Lotte Thaler in the heavyweight Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Und so weiter… here. More details of the plight of Rachel Smith,… The Ysaye International Music Competition, named for Belgium’s… We have been notified of the passing of…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (235+ words) Conducting Pictures at an Exhibition with a dental aid. The electricity’s still there. I feel conflicted about admitting that I miss him but seeing this really makes me sad that one of the great “sound shapers” is no longer performing…...