30th 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 …
Read23th April: Conductor Paavo Järvi’s take on Brexit, Pushkin’s poetry set to opera, and conductors return their Echo-Award
Monday 23rd April '18
In today's news: Paavo Järvi talks Brexit impact for musicians, Alexander Pushkin poetry transformed into opera by a direct descendent, Roxanna Panufnik to release new album, conductor Hartmut Haenchen receives prize from Leipzig Richard Wagner Foundation, …
Read31st August: Radio 3 gives dementia sufferers voice, nudist viola player
Thursday 31st August '17
In today's news: Pioneering Radio 3 show gives dementia sufferers a voice, leading musicians assemble for gala performance in aid of Refugee Council, and nudist viola player plays during naked skydive to raise money for …
ReadWildKat PR welcomes Kimiko Ishizaka back!
Monday 8th May '17
We’re delighted to be working with Kimiko again. This campaign will see us supporting her exciting new Kickstarter project, which will finance her recording of J.S. Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge. Kimiko is not new to …
ReadBBC Music Magazine Awards: Success for Accentus!
Thursday 20th April '17
Last night, Kat, Olivia, James and Eliza attended the BBC Music Magazine Awards at Kings Place in London. After a couple of glasses of fizz, we began the awards ceremony. Oliver Condy, Editor of BBC Music …
ReadWelcoming back Kimiko Ishizaka
Monday 1st August '16
After having previously worked with Kimiko Ishizaka on her Goldberg Variations project, WildKat PR are delighted to welcome back this talented pianist. "A gifted and obviously devoted Bachian” (James R. Oestreich, New York Times), Kimiko Ishizaka …
Read9th November: ‘Classical Hundred’, astronaut plays bagpipes & Calixto Bieito interview
Monday 9th November '15
Classical News In today's news, 'Classical Hundred' initiative will make recordings available to primary schools teachers, a US astronaut plays bagpipes on an International Space Station to pay tribute to a colleague who died and Goldberg …
Read31st July: New York’s Metropolitan Opera threatens to lock out its musicians on Friday, the Sacconi Quartet on why Beethoven in life-changing and Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular to come to the UK
Thursday 31st July '14
Classical News The Guardian New York's Metropolitan Opera labour dispute: a symptom of a company in crisis The largest performing arts organization in the US is threatening to lock out its musicians on Friday, the latest setback for …
ReadKimiko Ishizaka performing Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, Volume 1 comes to London
Wednesday 30th January '13
Tonight, pianist Kimiko Ishizaka will bring her acclaimed tour of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier to London at the 1901 Arts Club at 7:30pm. The tour, which was received with critical praise in the USA, sees Ishizaka …
ReadThe Open Goldberg Project: looking forward to Classical:NEXT this month in Munich
Friday 18th May '12
Kimiko Ishazaka and Robert Douglass will be featured at Munich's Classical:NEXT conference on 31st May, where they will provide a demonstration of the Open Goldberg Project. Audience members will have the capability to see every …
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