Wigmore Hall's John Gilhooly: classical music needs to be united, calm and reasoned

One of only 60 surviving cellos by the Cremonese master, Kian Soltani’s ‘London, ex-Boccherini’ cello is reunited with many other Stradavari instruments at J & A Beare’s Chamber Music Festival in December.

The London venue’s Artistic Director talks about Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary season, programming 600 concerts – and finding ways to pay for it all. 

The violinist talks about her pandemic commissioning project as well the work she does that extends beyond performing concerts as Arco Collaborative’s artistic director and its primary performing artist.

As a theater critic, I’m prioritizing coverage of events that require Covid vaccination for all.

The terror that keeps the performing arts awake at night is that audiences won’t return because they are not confident of attending an event without risking Covid-19 infection.

New seasons are starting and classical music venues are throwing their doors open to the public. But are they also throwing caution to the wind?