'Mozart's contemporaries valued him as one of the world’s leading keyboard virtuosos. And for them, what surpassed even his virtuosity was his ability to improvise.' spectator.co.uk/article/meet-t…

Read my review from Glyndebourne 's opening night!

New at Hawthorn in Kew, the Kew Gardens Set Menu - great value lunch or early dinner. Ideal if you’re visiting #KewGardens or would like an early supper ahead of a ⁦7 Star Arts⁩ concert at Cafe Yukari #finedining #hawthornkew hawthornrestaurant.co.uk/food

Yunchan Lim interview: ‘I decided that I will give up everything for music’ gramophone.co.uk/features/artic…

Delius features at The English Music Festival English Music Festival 24-27 May: Idylle de Printemps BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates, Over the mountains high and Caprice and Elegy with Ensemble Kopernikus and Air and Dance with English Symphony Orchestra /@johnandrewsconduc englishmusicfestival.org.uk/2024-may-festi…

A powerful ‘Die Walküre’, full of energy, tension & heartbreak: a devastating Act 3, in particular. Next episode on Friday! Opernhaus Zürich #SpecsAbroad #OperaTrip

Thoughts on art and nature from Albrecht Dürer (b otd 1471): "Nature holds the beautiful...Beauty lies even in humble, perhaps ugly things, and the ideal, which bypasses or improves on nature, may not be truly beautiful in the end." "Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art."

The rule is you RT this pic whenever you see it

And the Gold Medal goes to... Today marks the first day of the #ChelseaFlowerShow, and our entry is this exceptional painting by the Dutch artist Jan van Huysum. The beautiful flowers are arranged exuberantly, spilling onto a stone ledge.

📢 We're delighted to announce that Jenny Mollica has been appointed Chief Executive of ENO and the London Coliseum, with immediate effect. Jenny has been Interim Chief Executive since August 2023. Read more here: eno.org/news/jenny-mol…

ENO's 2024/25 London Coliseum Season is on sale now🙌 Tickets start at just £10 🎉 Free tickets for under 21s 🤯 Discounted opera tickets for under 35s 🤩 Book now at eno.org 🎶

The more I think of it, this opening concert is going to be pretty dreamy. Far off visions of Housman. Stirring passion from W Morris - and there’s a tale of coincidence to tell for the Rossetti Ensemble… with one of my favourite tenors Tom Randle .

My first proper appearance at the festival too. We are playing my newish 2nd violin sonata. No pressure! 😅😊

📣📣We open tomorrow! Join us for a week of wonderful music, stellar performers/composers & original thinkers in & around #Hertford & #ware Book now hertsmusicfest.org.uk #MusicFestival #LiveMusic #Discussion #Concerts #Composers #ClassicalMusic #Tango #Masterclass #Herts

Dazzling piano duo ⁦Katya Apekisheva⁩ & ⁦Charles Owen⁩ headline this year’s Hertfordshire Festival of Music ⁦HertMusicFest⁩ which opens tomorrow #Hertfordshire #musicfestival #pianoduo crosseyedpianist.com/2024/05/24/daz…

Enjoy a taster the sparkling playing & pinpoint precision & dynamism of our Principal Artists, #pianoduo Katya Apekisheva & Charles Owen Hear them live in #Hertford in our festival finale on Saturday 15 June youtu.be/acaD8KcjOMM?si…

🚨Mary Bevan 12 ensemble play St Martin-in-the-Fields on 8 August: anyone who enjoyed 2023 album ‘Visions Illuminées’ will want to hear them live. Tickets: stmartin-in-the-fields.org/calendar/the-1… Buy the album: prestomusic.com/classical/prod… I wrote about the disc ArtMuseLondon here: artmuselondon.com/2023/03/18/lig…

🖼️🤔👓 My latest piece for ArtMuseLondon features the stunning new album from Rebeca Omordia, and takes a look at the latest The African Concert Series activity - past and future! artmuselondon.com/2024/09/01/cha…

Cannot wait for this to come out. C’mon October! (Btw, more on this release, Rebeca Omordia’s ‘African Pianism’ CDs, and the The African Concert Series in my latest piece for ArtMuseLondon: artmuselondon.com/2024/09/01/cha….)