25th June: BBC New Generation Artists announced, Pianist Elisabeth Brauß receives Terence Judd Award, British Government under legal attack for anti-covid restrictions on culture
Friday 25th June '21
BBC New Generation Artists announced for 2021-23 intake The BBC New Generation Artists for the 2021-23 intake have been announced, with a record number of artists featured in the line-up – and the first ever collaborative …
ReadBBC announces new training scheme for presenting, production and recording, New artistic director of Andermatt Music announced, Conductor Glass Marcano appointed in Tours
Tuesday 8th June '21
BBC announces new training scheme for presenting, production and recording The BBC has launched Open Music, a new training scheme for creatives and musicians to help enhance the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Proms’s offerings. Participants …
Read4th February: Yentob hosts programme about impact of COVID-19 on arts, Vaccination-only concerts should be possible in future, Michel Orier doubles the budget dedicated to music commissions
Thursday 4th February '21
Alan Yentob to host programme about the impact of COVID-19 on the performing arts industry The BBC’s former creative director Alan Yentob will host an episode of imagine… next week in which he will explore the disastrous impact …
Read29th September: BBC launches Experience Classical, Opéra-Comique cancelled Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Wiesbaden State Theatre reopens
Tuesday 29th September '20
BBC launches Experience Classical Radio 3 and BBC Archive are has launched Experience Classical - a digital experience that aims to provide a new way to discover classical music through audio performances, programmes and podcasts. Launched with the …
Read21st September: Berliner Philharmonie increase capacity, music for ethnic minority dementia patients, and the inaugural “La Maestra”
Monday 21st September '20
Berliner Philharmonie to welcome more visitors in November The Berliner Philharmoniker will soon be able to play in front of a larger audience again. From November, 1,000 visitors will again be allowed in the Great Hall, …
Read26th August: Proms row: Johnson calls for end to ‘cringing embarrassment’ over UK history, Pianist Josef Bulva has died, What to remember about Jean Castex’s announcements this Wednesday morning
Wednesday 26th August '20
Proms row: Johnson calls for end to 'cringing embarrassment' over UK history Boris Johnson has said the UK should stop “our cringing embarrassment about our history” and sing Rule, Britannia! at the Last Night of the Proms, …
Read25th August: Rule, Britannia! will be played at Proms but not sung, BBC confirms, Mask off and ears on, La Roque d’Anthéron Festival: a 90% fill rate
Tuesday 25th August '20
Rule, Britannia! will be played at Proms but not sung, BBC confirms The Last Night of the Proms will feature the traditional flag-waving anthems Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory, the BBC confirmed on Monday night, …
Read24th August: BBC considers dropping Rule Britannia from Last Night of the Proms, Saving culture and sports – Corona experiment in Leipzig, Musicians mobilised in Belarus
Monday 24th August '20
BBC considers dropping Rule Britannia from Last Night of the Proms The traditional flag-waving anthems Rule Britannia and Land of Hope of Glory could be dropped from the Last Night of the Proms because of their perceived links …
Read5th June: Chineke! Orchestra perform Deep River, BBC to broadcast first performances from Royal Opera House, “Culture is less important”, Musical ensembles suffer a 45.6% drop in turnover
Friday 5th June '20
Chineke! Orchestra perform Deep River - a tribute to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and all victims of racial injustice Chineke! Orchestra have performed Deep River in tribute to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery …
Read4th May: BBC’s ‘lockdown orchestra’, work regulations in Germany, worldwide casting for the album “From Paris with Love”, Ravinia cancels entire 2020 summer season
Monday 4th May '20
The BBC's 'lockdown orchestra' wants you to play along The BBC's orchestras and singers are asking the public to join them for a mass rendition of Candi Staton's gospel classic You Got The Love. People across …
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