29th May: Darren Henley makes first speech as ACE chief, IdeasTap to continue its work and the premiere of the Octobass
Friday 29th May '15
Classical News In today's news, after the the reveal of Daniel Barenboim's new piano this week, the Guardian look at 10 of the best redesigned pianos. Darren Henley has made his first speech as chief executive …
Read30th January: Modest good news for music education, drama at the opera as another chief heads for the exit and new BBC Radio 3 Controller promises more airtime to female composers
Friday 30th January '15
Classical News Guardian Modest good news for music education as government stick to their word Hubs funding is to increase, but Arts Council England chief Darren Henley has a fight on his hands if he is to safeguard …
Read8th January: John Cage photos, why everyone is wrong about minimalism, Labour’s arts tweet
Thursday 8th January '15
Classical News The Guardian John Cage Was ... photographs and introduction by James Klosty My first contact with John Cage was in London in 1964. It was in the Phoenix Theatre on Charing Cross Road that I first …
Read19th December: Pierre Boulez awarded Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, John Rutter’s Christmas playlist and where will Darren Henley and Peter Bazalgette take ACE?
Friday 19th December '14
Classical News Guardian John Rutter's Christmas playlist Today, conductor, choral composer and one of the UK’s most-loved musicians shares his festive playlist with us. Telegraph Opera Review of 2014: the start of opera becoming the domain of the elite? Despite some unforgettable singing …
Read17th December: Dame Fanny Waterman retires from Leeds Piano competition, manuscript showing ‘birth’ of 1,000 years of choral music discovered and Classic FM’s Darren Henley appointed Arts Council England chief executive
Wednesday 17th December '14
Classical News Guardian Dame Fanny Waterman retires from Leeds Piano competition The co-founder, chair and artistic director of the prestigious competition steps down from her position, aged 95. Telegraph Manuscript showing 'birth' of 1,000 years of choral music discovered The earliest …
Read4th September: Classical music embraces R&B, hip-hop and cyber concerts?
Tuesday 4th September '12
Gramophone The Digital Concert Hall of the Berliner Philharmoniker forges a new relationship with Sony Cyber concert-going enters a new era. The New York Times Pickup Orchestra of Stars, Made for TV. A pickup ensemble of musicians — including prominent …
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