mon 14/07/2025

David Nice

David Nice's picture
Bio
The classical music and opera editor of theartsdesk, David writes, lectures and broadcasts on music. A former music critic for The Guardian and The Sunday Correspondent, he has made regular appearances on BBC Radio 3, not least in the long-running series Building a Library. He has written short studies on Elgar, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and the history of opera, and is currently working on the second volume of his Prokofiev biography for Yale University Press. He runs two Zoom lecture series, Opera in Depth on Mondays and a symphonies course on Thursdays.

Articles By David Nice

Prom 64: Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle

Read more...

Proms Chamber Music 7: Benjamin Grosvenor/Prom 60: Driver, RPO, Dutoit

Read more...

Prom 58: Salome, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Runnicles

Read more...

Prom 46: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Barenboim

Read more...

DVD: We Are the Best!

Read more...

Gerhardt, Osborne, Queen's Hall/Keyrouz, Ensemble de la Paix, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Read more...

Prom 33: Schwizgebel, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Gardner

Read more...

theartsdesk in La Foce: War and Peace in Val d'Orcia

Read more...

Prom 27: Trusler, BBCNOW, Wigglesworth/Inspire Workshop, Royal Albert Hall

Read more...

Prom 24: BBCSSO, Runnicles/Solemn Vigil of Commemoration, Westminster Abbey

Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: Pianist Saleem and Violinist Nabeel Abboud Ashkar

Read more...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Opera Holland Park

Read more...

Prom 19: BBC Singers, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko

Read more...

Prom 16: Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, Goetzel/Prom 17: Les Arts Florissants, Christie

Read more...

Porgy and Bess, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Read more...

theartsdesk at the East Neuk Festival: Littoral Schubertiad

Read more...

Pages

latest in today

'We are bowled over!' Thank you for your messages... ...
Too Much, Netflix - a romcom that's oversexed, and over...

A thirtysomething American woman with wavering self-confidence, a tendency to talk too much and a longing for married bliss with Mr...

Sir Brian Clarke (1953-2025) - a personal tribute

Brian Clarke died on 1 July 2025, after a long illness. He was one of the most original British artists of our time – wide-ranging, original...

Album: The Near Jazz Experience - Tritone

As the name suggests, the Near Jazz Experience owe a huge musical debt to jazz, but that’s not the full story by any means. For a start, the...

Music Reissues Weekly: Beggars Arkive - Gary Numan's 19...

Tubeway Army’s “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” hit the top of the UK single’s chart in the last week of June 1979. It stayed there for four weeks. Its...

Album: Wet Leg - moisturizer

War, pestilence, famine, death. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my fill of them all. So what better time to visit the genuinely sunny uplands...

Nye, National Theatre review - Michael Sheen's full-blo...

The National Health Service was established 77 years ago this month. Resident doctors are about to strike for more pay, long waiting lists for...

Emily Kam Kngwarray, Tate Modern review - glimpses of anothe...

It took until the last room of her exhibition for me to gain any real understanding of the work of...