It’s a very assured – not to say very brave – young conductor who chooses to make his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius’ notoriously challenging Seventh Symphony. Mighty talents have fallen at this particular fence, defeated by the work’s circuitous evolution and elusive logic.

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Ye-Eun Choi, one of the artists mentioned in an “In tune” article titled Another Folle Journée in Tokyo.

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Chopin’s Variations on ‘La Ci Darem la Mano’, for piano and orchestra, Op.2, one of the pieces mentioned in the “In Tune” article titled Another Folle Journée in Tokyo.

The famous Venezuelan musicians are growing long in the tooth – and there’s a new generation waiting in the wings
The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra is youthful no longer – as I was saying last week in my review of their concert with Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Easter festival.

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The Vienna Philharmonic, one of the oldest and most venerated orchestras in the world, has permanently appointed its first woman concertmaster.

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Wagner’s The Ride of the Valkyries, one of the pieces mentioned in an “In tune” article titled Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasia Overture, one of the pieces mentioned in an “In tune” article titled Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Valery Gergiev, one of the artists mentioned in an an “In tune” article titled Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, one of the pieces mentioned in an “In tune” article titled Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Maxim Rysanov, one of the artists mentioned in an “In tune” article titled Hong Kong Arts Festival.