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Friday, February 9, 2024

| Gramophone

Seiji Ozawa (September 1, 1935 – February 9, 2024)

Recognising what lies behind an artist’s album

Blogs

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| Gramophone

Editor Martin Cullingford introduces the February 2024 issue of Gramophone, which features revealing interviews with Asmik Grigorian and Martin James Bartlett

Music as Transformation: Ingrid Fliter

Friday, February 2, 2024

| International Piano

Ingrid Fliter talks about recordings that evoke special memories, with music that transports her to another dimension

Video of the Day: Ashley Wass performs Debussy's 'Clair de Lune'

Friday, February 9, 2024

| Gramophone

In anticipation of the pianist's upcoming album 'Black & White'...

Antonio Caldara: Gloria; Respighi: Lauda per la Nativita del Signore (Mirko Guadagnini)

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

A lively instrumental introduction to this performance leads to disappointment when the choir enters

Krystian Zimerman interview: ‘I want to reach people who don’t yet know that they love this kind of music’

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

| International Piano

In London to collect his seventh Gramophone Award, Krystian Zimerman gives a rare interview to Jessica Duchen, and talks about recording Szymanowski, the challenges of touring and the need for good diplomacy

Musica Viva: sounds of the city

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

With a commitment to new music and diverse composers, New York City choir Musica Viva is paving the way for daring collaborations

Meet the new Choir & Organ editorial team

News

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Meeting Choir & Organ's new Editor Hattie Butterworth, Organ and New Music Editor Matthew Power and Editorial Assistant Theo Elwell

Stephen McNeff: A Star Next to the Moon at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama | Live Review

Thursday, February 29, 2024

| Opera Now

'Its conflicts and contrasts never quite allow the audience to get too comfortable, and the delivery on stage suitably portrayed an unnerving portrait'

N Boulanger: Fantaisie variée. Fauré: Après un rêve, etc. Hahn Piano Concerto (William Youn)

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

I doubt if Youn’s more neutral performance will win new friends for music dismissed as difficult and obscure

Bob Chilcott: Christmas Oratorio (Benjamin Nicholas)

Friday, February 23, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Sarah Connolly conveys Mary’s wonderment and even fear with grace and not a flutter of girlishness

Nikolai Lugansky: Mad for Wagner

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Having recorded an album of transcriptions from Wagner’s greatest operas, Nikolai Lugansky talks to Tim Parry about his relationship with music that gripped him as a teenager and won’t let go

Early Music Day 2024: Join Europe’s Biggest Celebration of Early Music

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| Gramophone

In 2024, Europe will once again use the latest technology to celebrate music from down the centuries

Caricature or portrait: the depiction of Irish culture in Stanford’s opera ‘Shamus O’Brien’

Blogs

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| Gramophone

‘Paralleling contemporary shows such as Mrs Brown's Boys, its success lies in its ability to critique societal norms and highlight political tensions through a heightened, colourful, yet humorous lens’

Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes (Nikolai Lugansky)

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Lugansky takes us on an eternal journey, metamorphosing his Steinway into a larger-than-life orchestra intricate in texture, colour and associative imagery

Introducing the April 2024 issue of Gramophone, featuring Dalia Stasevska

Friday, March 22, 2024

| Gramophone

Dalia Stasevska: the conductor on her mixtape | Sir Neville Marriner: celebrating the conductor's legacy on record

Dalia's Mixtape: Anna Meredith's Nautilus

Podcasts

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Gramophone

An exciting new orchestral project is launched in style

Sir James MacMillan awarded Ivors Academy Fellowship

News

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| Gramophone

The Ivors Academy to bestow highest award to the Scottish composer

Sir Andrew Davis: Obituary

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

| Gramophone

A tribute to the great British conductor. Born: February 2, 1944; Died: April 20, 2024

Bizet: Carmen at the Royal Opera House | Live Review

Monday, April 8, 2024

| Opera Now

'Michieletto and his team have created a perfect twenty-first century Carmen'

Rediscovering Maddalena Casulana: unveiling the lost musical treasures of the Renaissance composer

Blogs

Friday, May 3, 2024

| Gramophone

We owe it to Maddalena Casulana to bring her music into the present and by recording it and publishing a modern score for further live performances, sending it into the future

Ponchielli: La Gioconda at Salzburg Easter Festival | Live Review

Monday, March 25, 2024

| Opera Now

Oliver Mears turns La Gioconda into a tale of abuse at the Salzburg Easter Festival

Kirill Gerstein on 'Music in the Time of War'

Podcasts

Friday, April 12, 2024

| Gramophone

Kirill Gerstein's new album links two composers – Debussy and Komitas – in a programme of powerful memories

Don't miss: The Malko Competition Final 2024