17th December: Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, Baden-Württemberg Cultural Award, Philippe Entremont have his hologram
Tuesday 17th December '19
Applications open for Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition Applications have opened for the 16th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, which takes place from 27 February – 1 March 2021. The winner receives £15,000 and becomes assistant …
Read30th May: Bach and Slipknot equally bad for drivers’ concentration, Palm Beach Symphony’s new director, and 2019’s Resonant Bodies Festival
Thursday 30th May '19
Heavy metal and classical music ‘bad for driver behaviour’ A new study has claimed that listening to heavy metal or classical music in the car is bad for driver behaviour. The experiment, carried out by road safety …
Read19th September: Simon Rattle offers advice and Germany supports 31 orchestras.
Tuesday 19th September '17
In today's news: Composer Jeremy Dale Roberts dies aged 83, and Simon Rattle offers his top advice to young conductors. Audio streaming becomes more and more important, Germany financially supports 31 orchestras, and soprano Brenda …
Read22nd December: Sony classic chief Roscic to head Vienna State Opera & opening performance of Elbphilharmonie Hamburg available online on live stream
Thursday 22nd December '16
Classical News In today's classical news, Sony classic chief Bogdan Roscic is to head Vienna State Opera, Warner Classics sign 17-year-old trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary, and BBC documentary Sound of Musicals will explore 100 years of …
Read11th March: Who will conduct the Berlin Philharmonic next? The opera Hitler hated and Radio 3’s week on female composers
Wednesday 11th March '15
Classical News Guardian Conducting's next big question: who will bag the Berlin Phil? With Simon Rattle’s next post in London finally confirmed, attention returns to the Berlin Philharmonic and the question of who will succeed him as its …
Read26th February: Opera director charged by Russia with offending Christians, Joshua Bell on conducting, Halle Orchestra names Jamie Phillips as new Associate Conductor
Thursday 26th February '15
Classical News The Guardian Frank Peter Zimmermann loses his Stradivarius as prices soar In a market driven by money and aesthetic one-upmanship, what chance do real musicians have of playing older instruments? Opera director charged by Russian authorities with …
Read10th February: Alan Gilbert is leaving the New York Philharmonic, Cellos are too big to be transported in the cabin says Air Canada, Culture ministers in pre-election spotlight
Tuesday 10th February '15
Classical News The Guardian Alan Gilbert is to leave the New York Philharmonic: who will replace him? Gilbert’s announcement means another key conducting job falls vacant. The Telegraph Simon Rattle: ready to join the best As Britain's greatest living conductor comes …
Read4th June: Terry Gilliam promises ‘Pythonic’ new opera, new Vaughan Williams work brought to light and a celebration of Weinberg
Wednesday 4th June '14
Classical News The Telegraph Terry Gilliam promises 'Pythonic' new opera A rarely-performed opera is to be put on the London stage for the first time in 40 years with a Monty Python twist, as Terry Gilliam puts on …
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 …
ReadWildKat PR welcomes Menuhin Festival, Gstaad
Tuesday 11th February '14
WildKat PR is delighted to welcome the Menuhin Festival, Gstaad to its client roster. Founded in 1957 by Yehudi Menuhin, the resident festival of the Swiss village of Gstaad boasts 50 concerts in beautiful locations including …
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