Stephen Pritchard began singing as a treble at the age of eight and progressed to become a tenor in Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, the Gibbons Consort and now the English Chamber Choir. Writing about music has been at the core of his 40-year career in journalism, chiefly at the Observer. He has been known to play a pretty mean jazz double bass.
Written for a dying Polish king, Józef Kozłowski’s rare Requiem in E flat minor is to be given a new lease of life by Hans Graf and the Singapore Symphony.
Returning to the concert platform after recent illness, Argerich demonstrates why she's still the reigning pianist in Lucerne's “Le Piano symphonique” festival.
Lucerne’s new festival “Le Piano Symphonique” showcases the orchestral qualities of the piano... and the harpsichord, with a recital in what was once a swimming pool!
From 2022-24, the opulent gold and marble of the Grand Temple, Freemasons’ Hall in London will host Regents Opera’s new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen – for a chamber ensemble of eighteen players.
The celebrated cellist becomes the first instrumentalist to be presented the Birgit Nilsson Prize by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf at the official Award Ceremony in Stockholm.
Yo-Yo Ma's beatific serenity speaks volumes about his approach to life and music as he gives a performance in Stockholm's Konserthuset ahead of receiving the Birgit Nilsson Prize later in the week.
This is the bicentenary of the Shelley's death, drowned in a storm off the coast here in July 1822 and so, naturally, the Lerici Music Festival has taken the poet as its theme this year.
