+ Jazz pianist Dan Tepfer will perform the Goldberg Variations with his own variations as part of the Cleveland International Piano Competition and Festival on July 31.
+ The National Ballet is taking on Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale for the first time in 26 years.
+ The most famous Finnish composer since Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, has died at the age of 87.
+ 13-year old boy soprano Aksel Rykkvin has released an album of arias by Mozart, Handel and Bach, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under conductor Nigel Short.
+ Read a review of the first round of the Cleveland International Piano Competition.
+ Video of the Day – Trio Alba.