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8th March: Nicola Benedetti wins Best Classical at Global Awards, Cheltenham Festival announces 75th anniversary line-up, Music lessons ‘being stripped’ out of England schools

Friday 8th March '19

Nicola Benedetti is named Best Classical Artist at The Global Awards 2019 The great Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti won the Best Classical Award at The Global Awards 2019, a category that was voted for by the public. The other …

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8th June: Lost John Coltrane album discovered, composer Thea Musgrave is awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music

Friday 8th June '18

In today’s news: Lost John Coltrane recording from 1963 to be released, Scottish composer is awarded with Queen’s Medal for Music, the Mayor of London has created a map of the music facilities across London, Shanghai …

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1st July: Prince of Wales pays tribute to Welsh National Opera, Andris Nelsons withdraws from “Parsifal” & Apple’s new plans

Friday 1st July '16

Classical News In our news today, the Prince of Wales pays tribute to the Welsh National Opera on its 70th anniversary, and Apple is considering a takeover of Jay Z's streaming service Tidal and plans to …

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13th March: ‘Opera remains the preserve of the rich,’ Boris Giltburg on Brahms’ neglected piano scores, Arts Impact Fund makes £7million available to arts organisations, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Vladimir Ashkenazy honoured by Royal College of Music

Friday 13th March '15

Classical News The Guardian Will Self: ‘Opera remains the preserve of the rich’ Brecht and Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is a satire on money and hedonism written in an age of crisis. So …

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22nd July: Rod Franks, principal trumpet of the LSO, has been killed in a car crash, Judith Weir prepares to be a radical master of the Queen’s music and Universal boss slams ‘unwelcoming, elitist’ classical music concerts

Tuesday 22nd July '14

Classical News Classic FM London Symphony Orchestra’s principal trumpet dies in car crash Rod Franks, principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra, has been killed in a car crash. The Guardian Judith Weir prepares to be a radical master of …

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8th August 2013: Spotify rival launched, The Hobbit soundtrack and Eric Whitacre on VC4

Thursday 8th August '13

The Guardian Google launches Spotify rival Music All Access in the UK Subscription-based music service aims to undercut Spotify and other rivals with £7.99-a-month offer for early signups Zubin Mehta to conduct concert in Kashmir Mumbai-born maestro to perform …

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