BBCSO/Brabbins: Italian Radicals review – politically charged, expressive and technical
Works by Luigi Dallapiccola, Bruno Maderna, Luigi Nono and Luciano Berio got the BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion treatment
March 2024
‘Without craft, an actor is a liability’: how row over teaching standards is causing a rift in UK theatre industry
Royal Shakespeare Company steps into dispute at Guildhall drama school after senior teacher quits in protest over methods
June 2022
Top drama school apologises to Paapa Essiedu and Michaela Coel for ‘appalling’ racism
Essiedu has described in interview with the Guardian how teacher at prestigious school used racial slur
September 2020
University Guide 2023
University guide 2023: Guildhall School of Music & Drama
All you need to know about studying at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
February 2020
The week in classical: Madam Butterfly; The Angel Esmeralda – review
Welsh soprano Natalya Romaniw triumphs in the title role of ENO’s latest revival of Anthony Minghella’s still ravishing Madam Butterfly
January 2020
London’s new Centre for Music? Don’t hold your breath…
Richard Brooks
The delay to the London Symphony Orchestra’s new home is growing
November 2018
The week in classical: Così fan tutte; Testament; Maudite soit la guerre – review
Guildhall’s terrific Così confronts the opera’s battle of the sexes head-on. Plus, a thrilling Turnage premiere
June 2018
Mamzer Bastard review – haunting Hasidic opera illuminates '77 New York blackout
The past returns to throw the future into question in Na’ama Zisser’s anguished drama about family secrets and lost love
November 2017
The Consul; Lucia di Lammermoor review – the original kitchen sink
A Guildhall staging of Menotti’s The Consul and Royal Opera’s revival of Lucia di Lammermoor have more in common than you might think
July 2017
A Trip to the Moon review – majestic mystery in moonish
Simon Rattle navigates the LSO’s community choir through rocket crashes, kidnapping aliens and the terrific singing of a lyrical lunar language, in this family-friendly space opera
March 2017
Australian Chamber Orchestra/Tognetti review – one of the wonders of the musical world
Spellbinding string orchestrations of Beethoven and Brahms were played with an astounding finesse that clearly transmitted to the lucky students invited to share the stage
February 2017
Peter Skellern’s piano-playing was too pure for his professor
Letters: His teacher advised him to lose his virginity before he attempted to play the Debussy piece again
January 2017
Plan for world-class concert hall in City of London back on track
Scheme appeared derailed when government pulled funding in November, but City of London Corporation has plugged gap
September 2015
Other lives
Philip Keywood obituary
Other lives: Teacher of music, drama and French
March 2015
The Dancing Master/ I pazzi per progetto/ Hercules/ London Symphony Orchestra review
I Pazzi Per Progetto/The Dancing Master review – rarities very much of their time
February 2015
Guildhall school dismissed girl's claims 30 years before Philip Pickett jailed for rapes
School says it would now handle complaints differently, after musician is sentenced to 11 years for assaults on students in dark, soundproofed practice rooms
September 2014
Other lives
Rhuna Martin obituary
Other lives: Cello teacher who taught Julian Lloyd Webber and was one of the founder members of the Northern Sinfonia
September 2013
Tom Service on classical music
Why Milton Court should be music to London's ears
A brand new mini art complex opens tonight in the city of London. It’s good news for students and the public alike, says Tom Service
August 2013
Marian McPartland obituary
British-born jazz pianist who emigrated to the US and won a huge following with her National Public Radio show
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