BERLIN – The Berlin Philharmonic became a privileged servant of Nazi propaganda after Adolf Hitler’s 1933 takeover, striking a deal with the new regime that won it financial security and perks such as ...

The Berlin Philharmonic could part company with its conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, over his programme for 2009, which includes a performance of Stockhausen in an airport hangar. Rattle, 53, who once ...

Veteran conductor Daniel Barenboim has been awarded honorary membership of the Berlin State Opera and appointed as honorary principal conductor of its Staatskapelle orchestra, the institutions ...

Israeli-Argentinian conductor’s planned September concert postponed as organisers look for a new date in wake of protests from Israeli officials Daniel Barenboim, one of the world’s foremost music ...

This week's two concerts in Davies Symphony Hall by the Berlin Philharmonic, the orchestra's first San Francisco visit in nearly half a century, had a whiff of the historic about them. They ...

The COB is a large orchestra, with strings, horns and rhythm section, founded in autumn 2010 by composer & conductor Hazel Leach. The members of the orchestra are not only improvising instrumentalists ...