19th March: ABRSM exams suspended, fundraising campaign for freelance musicians, National Music Council Releases Emergency Fund
Thursday 19th March '20
All ABRSM music exams suspended until further notice As of today, all ABRSM music exams in the UK and Ireland are suspended until further notice Further to the government’s latest coronavirus advice, ABRSM has decided to suspend …
Read5th July: Flautist sues top US orchestra. Candidates announced for 2018 ARD International Viola Competition
Thursday 5th July '18
In today's news: Flautist sues top US orchestra. Classical Opera and The Mozartists announce 2018-19 season. Ghana orchestra reinterprets classical music for Africa. Principal guest conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, didn't get a …
Read6th April: New season for Komische Oper Berlin, safety precautions for Bayreuther Festspiele & Menuhin Competition in London
Wednesday 6th April '16
Classical News In today's news, Tagesspiegel presents Barrie Kosky's new season for Komische Oper Berlin, the construction of Barenboim-Said-Akademie to be finished by the end of 2016 & more safety precautions for Bayreuther Festspiele. Also, Menuhin …
Read12th November: RCM digital collections, Menuhin Competition record & Classical Music for Padwa
Thursday 12th November '15
Classical News In today's news, Classical Music Magazine reports that the Royal College of Music will digitise its musical instrument collections, International Arts Manager announces that Martha Argerich has been awarded a RPS Gold Medal and …
Read“Those orchestras that are flexible will survive; the rigid ones won’t. The same thing happened to dinosaurs, I think.”
Wednesday 13th August '14
While the extinction of the dinosaurs may have had something to do with a meteor, it is likely that the decline of orchestras is down to just as many debatable factors. From financial climate change, …
Read13th August- Orchestra ‘adapt or die’, crowd-funding for the arts, music improves reading and language.
Wednesday 13th August '14
Classical News The Times Iván Fischer: Symphony orchestras have only a few decades left Ivan Fischer gives orchestras of the twenty-first century the prognosis of ‘adapt or die’. Guardian How to crowdfund your next arts project – live chat A live …
Read26th September: French horn players most at risk of hearing loss and Minnesota Orchestra dispute faces another deadline
Thursday 26th September '13
Guardian Australian Chamber Orchestra unveils interactive tablet experience New musical experience involves screening a pre-recorded performance during which spectators use an app on a tablet console to control which musicians can be seen and heard. Science Daily Professional French …
Read21st August: Brighton Philharmonic saved from closure, Gilmore Award winners announced, and is classical music good for the brain?
Wednesday 21st August '13
Classic FM Online Classical music doesn't improve brain function, study claims The Mozart effect could be completely non-existent, according to a new neuro-scientific study in America Katherine Jenkins and José Carreras head to Abu Dhabi Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins …
Read12th August: Boos at Bayreuth, Proms in C, and Heavy Metal Vivaldi
Monday 12th August '13
The Guardian Castorf has become the villain of the Bayreuth Ring cycle After the Bayreuth audience booed a deliberately incoherent Ring cycle, Martin Kettle wonders if the festival - and Wagner - deserves better Sunday Times In The Key …
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