'There’s a strong similarity between working in an operating theatre and playing in an orchestra': revisiting the World Doctors Orchestra
Jon Tolansky catches up with the World Doctors Orchestra as they prepare to perform at the Barbican...
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'No orchestral leaders before have had to deal with this much stress': ABO retreat for orchestra and concert hall managers
The stress of the last 18 months has taken its toll on the leaders of the orchestral sector,...
'75% of productions directed by men either had no women or only a single woman in creative roles': Gender imbalance in opera
A new report considers the gender inequalities behind the scenes in the UK's opera houses
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras move to St Martin-in-the-Fields
The venue is the first permanent UK base of the three ensembles.
'An orchestra for this moment in time': The Proms Festival Orchestra
For the first time ever, the Proms has assembled an orchestra of freelance musicians to perform a...
'When you get it wrong they’ll vocalise their displeasure con forza': Motherhood and musicianship
Juggling a freelance career with motherhood can be challenging, writes Imogen Windsor
'A person embarking on a quest to find – and live – their truth': opera hit comes to London
Laura Kaminsky's opera As One has become the most performed contemporary opera in recent years in...
'I don’t think I would be as good an artist if I wasn’t living as a non-binary person': soprano Ella Taylor
Having won second prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards last year, Ella Taylor's career is going from...
'Airbnb for rehearsal spaces? That sounds amazing': Inside Tutti
Thanks to Tutti, rehearsal space can be found at the touch of a button
'The audience’s role became much more empathetic': inside Opera on Brainwaves
A new project uses new technology to show the audience the lived emotional experience of the...