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3rd March: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Adam Fischer stays with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and where are the female composers

Tuesday 3rd March '20

Guildhall School of Music and Drama closes over coronavirus case The prestigious music college in the City of London has been shut down “as a precautionary measure” after a teacher tested positive for COVID19. Guildhall School …

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13th July: Mariss Janson extends contract with Bayerisches Rundfunk Orchester. ISM and Musicians’ Union announce code of practice to tackle discrimination.

Friday 13th July '18

In today's news: Mariss Janson to extend contract with Bayerisches Rundfunk Symphonieorchester to 2024. Record season for Düsseldorfer Tonhalle. ISM and Musicians' Union announce code of practice. Trouble in Tahiti: watch Bernstein's swinging one-act opera. Composer …

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21st February: L.A. Chamber Orchestra names Jaime Martin as music director, String players dominate Borletti-Buitoni Trust Awards, ICE secures licensing agreement with Facebook

Wednesday 21st February '18

In today's news: Polly Graham to become the artistic director of Longborough Festival Opera, Details were announced for 2018 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition and for the first time in the British trust’s 16-year history, …

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16th February: Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Met Opera two years early, database driven problems in Classical music streaming

Friday 16th February '18

In today's classical music news, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Met Opera two years ahead of schedule, a debate about database driven problems in classical music streaming, conductor Ádám Fischer receives Israeli Wolf-Prize, New Music Biennial …

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8th February: Rubén Rengel wins Sphinx Competition, BSO establishes disabled-led ensemble, EU to review Apple’s reported $400m purchase of Shazam

Thursday 8th February '18

In today's news: The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has become the first symphony orchestra in the world to have a professional ensemble led by disabled musicians as a core part of its activities, Help Musicians UK …

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10th November: Music world reacts to Donald Trump, John Lewis christmas advert revealed & Peace prize awardee worried about Trump’s triumph

Thursday 10th November '16

Classical News In today's classical news, the music world reacts to Donald Trump winning the US Presidential election, John Lewis christmas advert and song are unveiled, and neighbours of Sydney opera house are complaining about outdoor …

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9th February: Grammy Winners 2015, interviews with Gregory Porter and Pumeza Matshikiza

Monday 9th February '15

Classical News Guardian New concert halls - the good, the bad, and the rumours Jonathan Nott’s move to Geneva will coincide with a new concert hall for the city, Jansons battles on for a hall in Munich fit …

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2nd February – Andreas Scholl, Wisława Szymborska and Adam Fischer

Thursday 2nd February '12

Arizona Daily Star Poland's 'Mozart Of Poetry' Dies. Poland's 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska, whose simple words and playful verse plucked threads of irony and empathy out of life, has died. She was 88. ArtsJournal: Slipped Disc Hungarian …

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