29th April: Classical music should not fear change, Hamburg State Opera supports Covid patients, Children’s Philharmonic to open 29 September in Paris
Thursday 29th April '21
Classical music should not fear change How can we sum up where the performance of music has come from and where it is going next? Across the centuries, as men and women have sung to each …
Read28th April: PPL to make advance payment, Katharina Wagner on long-term illness, Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier launch a petition
Tuesday 28th April '20
PPL to make advance payment to support members during pandemic PPL has announced an amendment to its annual payment schedule in order to bring forward part of its June distribution to members during the Covid-19 pandemic. …
Read11th March: Violin scam to come to trial, robotic arm for amputee drummer, and Finnish composer wins prize
Tuesday 11th March '14
Limelight Magazine Esa-Pekka Salonen wins 2014 Nemmers prize Finnish composer and conductor awarded the 2014 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition Cincinnati American Classical Music Hall of Fame inducts five Legendary American pianist Andre Watts, who has appeared multiple …
Read12th February: Sweethearts sharing the stage, Price of Wales discusses classical music, and ‘Japanese Beethoven’ faces the music
Wednesday 12th February '14
The Huffington Post Can Women Save Classical Music? Changing statistics on classical music listeners NPR Classical Couples: Sweethearts Sharing The Stage Happily, the arrows are still flying and the roster of musical matchups keeps growing. For this Valentine's Day, NPR …
Read29th January: Another stolen Stradivarius, Man dressed as Mozart for Super Bowl media, and string quartet pecking order revealed
Wednesday 29th January '14
BBC News Hidden hierarchy in string quartets revealed Scientists have come up with a way to reveal the pecking order within a string quartet Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 'Priceless' Stradivarius violin stolen in armed robbery in Milwaukee A 300-year-old Stradivarius violin …
Read3rd January: Rare flutes destroyed by US customs, Young Musician finalists announced, and online piracy still lives
Friday 3rd January '14
Classic FM Online Flute virtuoso's instruments 'destroyed by US customs' Performer Boujema Razgui claims his 13 handmade wooden flutes have been destroyed by U.S. customs officials after being deemed to be 'agricultural products' BBC Music Magazine BBC Young Musician …
Read6th December: Nelson Mandela, Sergei Filin attack, and composer wins $100,000 prize
Friday 6th December '13
Slipped Disc Nelson Mandela’s classical pianist One of Mandela's closest friends was pianist Harold Ruben who refused to play in front of segregated audiences in South Africa before moving to London to teach at the Royal College of …
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