21st January: Spotify Unveils New Playlists, ICMA Winners Announced, Ashkenazy retires
Tuesday 21st January '20
Spotify unveils two new classical playlists Spotify has made two new playlist additions to its Classical hub: ‘Best of BAFTA: Scores and Soundtracks’ and ‘The Classical Takeover’. Ahead of this year’s awards taking place in February, the …
Read21st 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, …
Read10th February: RSNO journeys to US, teachers battle low tuition fees, and new technologies emerge
Friday 10th February '17
In today's news, the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland announces their 2017 season based on the americas, and music teachers worry that tuition fees can't keep up with cost of living. At the last minute …
Read25th February: New conductors at LSO, new app for BBC Music and first music download service in Africa
Thursday 25th February '16
In today's news, Africa launches first music download service MusikBi, which promises to promote and pay African musicians, Wales' major arts organisations face cuts of up to 3.5% and London Symphony Orchestra announces conductor changes. Also, cellist …
Read18th February: Gravity composer takes Bafta glory, classical music to Roald Dahl, and Torvill and Dean recreate Bolero
Tuesday 18th February '14
Classical Music Magazine Philip Pickett charged by City of London Police The City of London Police has charged early music specialist Philip Pickett with 15 historic offences, relating to nine separate victims, which allegedly occurred during his …
Read9th January: Early age classical music listening improves social skills and listening skills, and BAFTA Music nominees are revealed
Thursday 9th January '14
The Independent Former violin teacher Chris Ling may be extradited from US over historical sex abuse allegations A former violin teacher wanted over historical sex abuse allegations at a music school may be extradited from the US, …
Read11th February: Secondhand Downloads, Bad Smelling Beards and Julie Andrews Tours Australia
Monday 11th February '13
The Independent English National Opera's beards smell "like wet dog" ...and The Barber of Seville requires 28 of them The Guardian The Rest Is Noise festival: the third instalment – Paris The Southbank Centre's head of classical music introduces the …
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