Simon Mundy: Not all Russians are the same
Simon Mundy puts forward his case for a more supportive approach to Russian musicians, as many do...
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The Long View | Denouncing Putin isn’t political. It’s human.
The Russian president’s pet musicians must denounce the despotic leader, or history will be their...
The Long View | Dausgaard, Politics, Music and Health
We love a good story about a conductor flouncing off. Like his conducting or loathe it, Thomas...
The Long View | Do you remember 2002?
We organized music differently twenty years ago. As an industry we’ve changed for better and for...
Jocelyn Lightfoot: We are what we wear
The London Chamber Orchestra’s managing director writes about the orchestra’s ground-breaking move...
Lady Smith OBE: In defence of 'elite'
Lady Elise Smith OBE. founder of the Tetbury Music Festival, responds to this month's Long View,...
The Long View | Elitism State of Mind
Let’s leave ticket pricing to the economists; where elitism exists, it lies deep within ourselves,...
The Long View | Woke-ism and Wagnerism
There is no single unassailable truth when it comes to Wagner – which is the whole messy,...
The Long View | Whose responsibility is diversity?
The madness of the ETO orchestra debacle is what results when stretched organisations are put in...
The Long View | Is naturalism the gem we can salvage from 2020’s slim pickings?
If we must return to business-as-usual, we can at least retain and develop the refreshing naturalism...