Harry Eyres: The essence of artistry Music - Financial Times There are levels of artistry beyond the most sterling professionalism, the visceral communication of the deepest and strongest emotions, writes Harry Eyres 22 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

French baroque, back on a roll Music - Financial Times Why 18th-century composer Jean-Philippe Rameau is making a belated debut at Glyndebourne this summer, writes Andrew Clark 22 hours ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal, Gl... Music - Financial Times Scottish Opera’s production – neither crassly updated nor wearily traditional – seems designed to appeal to the widest possible constituency, writes Andrew Clark 1 day ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Macau Chinese Orchestra, Macau Music - Financial Times A programme of pieces by Chinese and Portuguese-born composers reflected the territory’s breadth of influences, Ken Smith writes 1 day ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Albert Herring, Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Music - Financial Times Opera North’s production unobtrusively captures the nuances of Britten’s opera and brings its characters vividly to life, Andrew Clark writes 1 day ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

International Jazz Day, Istanbul Music - Financial Times Herbie Hancock, Rubén Blades and Dianne Reeves were among the 40 stars at this Unesco-sponsored event, Daniel Dombey writes 2 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Woodkid, Roundhouse, London Music - Financial Times Accompanied by a mini-orchestra, the French-born singer demonstrated his penchant for melodrama, writes Ludovic Hunter-Tilney 3 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, St Jo... Music - Financial Times This programme of pastoral songs and duets highlighted the sophistication of 17th-century English music, writes Andrew Clark 3 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Siroe, Deutsches Theater, Göttingen, Germany Music - Financial Times Lawrence Cummings and Immo Karaman give Handel’s 1728 opera the Regietheater treatment – with superlative results, Shirley Apthorp writes 3 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Paris turns to smartphone ‘culture’ tax Music - Financial Times Trenchant defence of the ‘exception culturelle’ in the digital age proposes imposing a tax of up to 4% on the sale of devices 4 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story