Stephen Sondheim is to receive New York City‘s highest honour for achievement in the arts. The award is given by the City of New York for contribution to the city’s intellectual and cultural life. Previous recipients include Leonard Bernstein, John Lennon and choreographer Merce Cunningham. The Handel Medallion will be presented by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and actor…
Italy’s most respected classical music magazine “Musica” sent Stefano Pagliantini to talk with Christa Ludwig. Here is a selection from a long interview which can be found in the July/August issue. This year is the centenary of Mahler’s death, a composer that you have dedicated numerous performances with some of the greatest conductors of the…
Jessye Norman doesn’t give interviews. She gets irritated by the sports journalists who arrive knowing nothing about her or her music, “They ask me, what is it you do? That is not interesting.” But the Los Angeles Times got her to speak about a new project that 65 year-old Norman is passionate about: The singer…
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