5th December: Operatic Face-Off, Orchestra Without Conductor and Opera at the...
The Guardian Tale of two epoch-defining classical music titans born in the same year Operatic face-off shows that in Milan at least, Verdi v Wagner is still more of a cultural draw than Strictly v The...
View Article6th June: Fashion for the Orchestra, Funds for Young Musicians and Figures...
The Independent – Blogs Racial diversity in classical music: A daunting experience for non-white professionals working in the industry today Currently, just five per cent of classical music...
View Article4th July: Poles in the Proms, Alsop Sidelined and Deutsche Grammophon...
The Telegraph Proms 2013: Poles no longer apart Early Polish music is being celebrated both in concert and on record this summer – something long overdue, says John Allison Why Doctor Who is at the...
View ArticleAugust 21st: Average composer fee is now ‘shockingly low’, £74 eBay piano led...
Classical News Classic FM Average composer fee is now ‘shockingly low’ A survey and report commissioned by Sound and Music has revealed that the average fee received by a composer for each commissioned...
View Article#ClassicalWomen: Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop holds the title ‘first woman to…’ in a (worryingly) large number of areas: first woman to head a full time major American orchestra, the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms...
View Article30th April: Elias Gottlob Haussman’s Bach portrait will return to Leipzig,...
Classical News In today’s news it has been announced that the most famous painting of Bach by Elias Gottlob Haussman will return to Leipzig where the composer made his home. Polish composer...
View Article12th February: Royal Albert Hall’s Jurassic Park, Apple Music’s classical...
Classical News In today’s news, The Telegraph reports that the Royal Albert Hall is to screen Jurassic Park with a live orchestra, tragedy for New Zealand symphony orchestra and BBC Music Magazine...
View Article22nd March: Choir of the homeless, Cressida Pollock’s ENO statement &...
Classical News In our news today, former director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera teaching choir of the homeless, Cressida Pollock to save the English National Opera and RCM reports on study,...
View Article9th June: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies memorial service, her Majesty’s Music &...
Classical News In today’s news, the memorial service for Sir Peter Maxwell Davies will take place on 27 June, the rich music legacy of the Royal family & Anish Kapoor comments Wagner. Also,...
View Article29th Septemebr: Waley-Cohen talks about Roy Harris’ violin concerto, Ear Taxi...
Classical News In today’s news, Waley-Cohen gives the reasons why she believes Roy Harris’ Violin Concerto should rank among the greats. Several Northwestern faculty, ensembles and alumni are featured...
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