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21st October: Grosvenor receives NY Phil piano prize, RNCM partners with PKU & Bob Shennan

Friday 21st October '16

Classical News In today's news round-up, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor has been named as the recipient of the New York Philharmonic’s Ronnie and Lawrence Ackman Classical Piano Prize. Royal Northern College of Music announced a new professional partnership …

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Launch of BBC Music with “The Impossible Orchestra”

Wednesday 8th October '14

At 8pm last night BBC viewers and listeners everywhere were in for a treat... In their first ever pan-channel broadcast the BBC launched BBC Music, an ambitious wave of new programmes, innovative partnerships and ground-breaking music initiatives …

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11th 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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