Daniel Barenboim gave his Wigmore Hall début as a keyboard wunderkind more than 50 years ago. He has returned as an internationally acclaimed conductor whose occasional piano recitals are not-to-be-missed... more
Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim were on the platform of the Royal Festival Hall together, and their highly contrasted yet complementary musical personalities fused to produce a unforgettable event... more
First Greece, then Ireland, now Portugal. The governments that have gone to the European Union for a bailout follow the same pattern: first denial that a collapse is in the offing, then a humiliating climbdown... more
The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra from Venezuela will return to the Southbank in what will be the highlight of the centre's classical season for 2011/12... more
Conductor Daniel Barenboim appeals to Italy’s president to protect cultural institutions from budget cuts before conducting Wagner’s Die Walküre at La Scala in Rome... more
A sure sign of impending public spending gloom is a letter to The Times from a gallery of “names” demanding special exemption for “the arts”. Sure enough it has come, and from so many signatories that the paper could not list them all... more
IN the immediate aftermath of the G20 demonstrations the general consensus, shared by this newspaper, was that the police had done a relatively good job in managing the demonstrations and containing any potential acts of violence... more
There's no regulating the speed at which peasants merry-make but at the Proms, in Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony No6, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, they were going for gold.... more
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct all Schumann's symphonies and pianist Alfred Brendel will play his final London concert in the new classical music season at the Southbank Centre... more
As Daniel Barenboim's magisterial cycle unfolds, those at the Festival Hall are in no doubt they are witnessing something monumental and unique.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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