Both Alsop and the orchestra know what they’re doing, but the results aren’t quite magical ★★★★☆ As we move towards the 25th anniversary of Bernstein’s death, his one-time protégée Marin Alsop is moving from strength to strength. Music Director at the Baltimore and São Paulo State Symphony Orchestras, Alsop made history in 2013 by becoming the first woman … Read more
Dima Slobodeniouk has been named the next Principal Conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, to succeed Okko Kamu in autumn 2016. Slobodeniouk will also head the annual Sibelius Festival. “We are looking forward to our time with Slobodeniouk with great enthusiasm,” the Orchestra’s General Manager, Teemu Kirjonen, has said. Born in Russia in 1975, Slobodeniouk studied … Read more
Scientists in Virginia used light-sheet microscopy to video the goings-on of the larva’s nervous system ASHBURN, Va. – Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have imaged motor neuron activity in a millimetre-long larva. Their paper was published today in the open-access journal Nature Communications. Photographs were taken of the neurons of the larva, Drosophila … Read more