Review: Entertaining Mr Coppin: An Antipodean Showman in Civil War America (Simon Plant)
A theatrical life so rich you really couldn’t make it up.
December 19, 2025
Review: The Power of Music (Sheku Kanneh-Mason)
The star cellist may only be 26, but his story so far comes with plenty of wise words of advice.
November 24, 2025
Ensemble Offspring launches 2026 season
Packed with premieres, modern music marvels and a 10th birthday celebration, EO's 2026 promises "a new era of bold sounds".
October 29, 2025
Review: I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms (Nancy Shear)
Shear’s life with Stokowski and Rostropovich makes a fascinating memoir and much, much more.
October 20, 2025
Review: Never Miss a Beat (Michael Atherton)
The multifaceted musician traces his career in an honest, engaging narrative.
September 22, 2025
Review: Brahms: Symphonist (Robert Pascall)
This Brahmsian labour of love receives a posthumous publication.
August 25, 2025
Review: Liszt and Virtuosity (Robert Doran)
This collection of essays is a sophisticated meditation on virtuosity itself.
July 21, 2025
Liszt and Virtuosity (Robert Doran)
This collection of essays is a sophisticated meditation on virtuosity itself.
July 21, 2025
Review: Britten, Opera and Film (Peter Auker)
Auker dives in to discover what makes The Turn of the Screw so cinematic.
June 23, 2025
Review: Nellie Melba: The Legend Lives (Richard Davis)
This life-and-times biography explores Melba as others saw her.
May 19, 2025
In Search of Nijinsky
Jill Rivers talks about meeting Vaslav Nijinsky’s daughter and his decidedly odd grandson while researching her book about the dancer.
May 19, 2025
Review: Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera (Lucy Caplan)
Caplan’s exploration of what she calls “Black operatic counterculture” is quite the game changer.
April 22, 2025
Review: Unveiled (Vincent Fantauzzo)
From delinquent youth to celebrated portrait artist, this is an extraordinary tale.
April 22, 2025