In 2014 the Canadian conductor (and pianist) Yannick Nézet-Séguin (*1975) and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (founded in 1981)...

On June 26, 1970 the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) played with his trio—Eddie...

The guitarist, singer and songwriter Melody Gardot was born in New Jersey in 1985. She took piano lessons and, as a teenager, performed in small venues in and around Philadelphia. She was...

Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch Patricia Brennan’s latest album as a leader, Breaking Stretch, was released on...

On July 12, 2024 Verve Records released the great album Louis in London, presented as the last great performance by the most...

The latest release of one of my favorite jazz pianists is called Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human. It is her 17th album as a leader. The pianist-composer is joined by double bassist Alon...

Originally compiled in 2015 with the artist’s blessing, Mick Rock’s The Rise of David Bowie 1972-1973 (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de) is a multlingual (English,...

Released on June 30, 2023 the colorful Deutsche Grammophon double Audio CD album Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3;...

On July 15, 2023 the bandoneon player Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (*1980) entertained concert goers at the Centro Congressos da Madeira in Funchal in the great season finale, accompanied by...

Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the traditional tango with the help of his knowledge of jazz and classical music, which he had...

On June 17, 2023 at the invitation of Norberto Gomes, Artistic Director of the Madeira Classical Orchestra, Christoph Poppen...

Instead of an obiturary for Tina Turner, who died at the relatively young age of 83 in her home in Küsnacht (Switzerland), after...

The world needs new classical music compositions in order to renew the genre. The Artistic Director of Madeira Classic Orchestra,...

Since 1998 the Orquestra Clássica da Madeira has been performing the island’s Flower Festival Concert. The 2023 edition on...

Born in Erlangen in 1965, Albrecht Mayer is not only the principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic but, as he told me in...

The Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons — 2006 biography — is the chief conductor of both the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and...

I discovered Lynne Arriale — one of the greatest pianists alive — at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1999. In compositions such...

[From our archives, written in December 2017] The new album by the world’s greatest band, the Rolling Stones, was recorded...

[Concert review from September 1, 2000] What one could guess from listening to her last CD When I Look In Your Eyes which was...

Diana Krall: The Look of Love [Written in September 2000] With her new album The Look of Love (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de), Diana Krall confirms her exceptional status...