Glyndebourne Festival Opera

I can never go back to the terrorist state of Russia

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More than a decade ago, Vladimir Jurowski, one of Russia’s best-known musical sons, began to realize that things in his native country were taking a sinister turn. “It was a feeling, a premonition that things would get worse, especially after Russia annexed Crimea,” says the 52-year-old conductor. “The irony was that at that exact moment … Read more

Sir Andrew Davis, jovial conductor who brought humor to the Last Night of the Proms – obituary

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Sir Andrew Davis, the conductor who has died aged 80, had the unusual honor of being simultaneously principal conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and musical director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera during the last decade of the 20th century. Cheerful and chuckling, Davis brought a great sense of humor and an innate musicality to … Read more