15th June: HMV is back, Sibelius Violin Competition postponed, Claude Samuel passed away, Operalia Competition Postponed until 2021
Monday 15th June '20
HMV owner Doug Putman on the return of the music chain after lockdown HMV is back. After three months of lockdown, the music chain is reopening this week (June 15) after the government eased restrictions on ‘non-essential’ …
Read9th December: Vienna Opera’s First Opera by Woman, HMV Christmas Crunch, Pereira’s last triumph at La Scala
Monday 9th December '19
Vienna opera house stages first opera by woman For the first time in its 150-year history, the Vienna State Opera is staging an opera by a woman. Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth has written a new opera …
Read10th March: Gerard Mortier dies aged 70, first BBC Young Musician jazz award, & ‘deaf’ composer apologises for deception
Monday 10th March '14
The Guardian Avant-garde opera director Gerard Mortier dies aged 70 Belgian former artistic director of Madrid's Teatro Real is praised as 'visionary and generous figure.' The Fly music magazine closes after nearly 15 years Free monthly magazine that was …
Read17th January: Peter Pan proposes on stage, HMV closes flagship store, and concert for the children of Syria
Friday 17th January '14
New York Times Detroit Symphony Agrees to New Contract With Musicians The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which endured a bitter six-month strike a few years ago, settled its latest contract eight months early, orchestra officials announced Wednesday BBC Music Magazine HMV closes flagship …
Read15th October: Spontaneous hymn, Charlotte Church, and Yamaha unveils new instruments
Tuesday 15th October '13
The Telegraph Group perfoms Icelandic hymn in German train station YouTube video shows Icelandic indie-folk group spontaneously burst into song in Wuppertal station, west Germany Charlotte Church: female pop stars told 'take clothes off, show you're an adult' Charlotte …
Read19th July: India Searches for Classical Star, Music and the Monarchy and Classical Musicians in the Kitchen
Friday 19th July '13
The Times ENO chief to stand down as losses threaten future English National Opera’s chief executive is standing down as the company is about to confirm that it has lost £3.25 million over the past two years …
Read28th June: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies diagnosed with Leukaemia and HMV set to return to original site opened by Elgar
Friday 28th June '13
Classic FM German musicians beg Angela Merkel to allow instruments through customs Daniel Barenboim, Andras Schiff, Viktoria Mullova and 27 other German performers are protesting against expensive customs regulations. Gramophone RSNO appoints new assistant conductor Jean-Claude Picard is chosen over …
Read22nd March: The Fate of HMV, Archbishop’s Enthronement Music and Music Teacher Awards
Friday 22nd March '13
The Independent Sole bidder in the frame as decision on HMV's fate draws near The future of HMV, the failed entertainment chain, is likely to be decided over the coming days. Classic FM Music for Archbishop's Enthronement revealed Bach, Tallis, …
Read20th February: Titanic Violin, Ticketing Legislation and Classical Music on Reality Television
Wednesday 20th February '13
The Telegraph Serious music doesn’t have to hurt your ears Composer George Benjamin has the knack of making the most rebarbative composition sound comprehensible, says Jane Shilling. Classic FM Titanic musician's violin to be auctioned A violin believed to have …
Read7th February: Beethoven on the Runway, EBaccs Scrapped and Who Was Mozart?
Thursday 7th February '13
New York Times Wolfgang, Is That You? In the impossible search to know exactly what the face of musical genius looked like, researchers in Salzburg, Austria, have made progress. Their subject was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a local …
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