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3rd January: Benedetti Foundation Orchestra’s New Single, Tackling Anti-Semitism, Record Entries for Chopin Competition

Friday 3rd January '20

The Benedetti Foundation Orchestra releases Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Today, violinist and music education ambassador Nicola Benedetti with her Foundation Orchestra will release Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana on Decca Classics. Created as part of the …

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21st September: ‘Music is good for the mind’, new Beethoven documentary and Syrian refugee pianist

Monday 21st September '15

In today's news, The Guardian writes that the elite can't decide who's cultured, and the BBC report on pianist Ayham al-Ahmad's glimmer of hope amid the Syrian refugee crisis. Also, James Rhodes believes that there is a link …

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20th Feb: Peter and the Wolf, String quartets and classical music taken out of its comfort zone

Monday 20th February '12

The Telegraph  English National Opera faces protest over 'pro-terrorist' hijacking opera  It is one of the most controversial musical works ever written, described by critics as “anti-Semitic” and “romanticising terrorism”. Mackenzie Crook takes on orchestral role Actor Mackenzie Crook …

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