March 12th – March 18th: Britain’s Big Platinum Performance , Funding for German Orchestras, France’s Music Market, LA Opera and Hamburg Ballet Join Forces
Friday 18th March '22
Classic FM Opens Britain's Big Platinum Performance Competition Classical music radio station Classic FM will work with UK leisure-time music organisation Making Music this year to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with the Britain's Big Platinum Performance competition. Professional recordings of …
Read25th February: ECHO Klassik submissions started, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015 finalists announced, composer Charles Kálmán dies at 85
Wednesday 25th February '15
Classical News The Guardian Composers on their premieres: 'This is the point where one has to let go' The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group has helped music lovers fund commissions through its Sound Investment scheme for almost 30 years. …
Read15th May: Former ROH boss speaks out against new trends in opera, Colorado Symphony cannabis concerts to go on by invitation only & Classical:NEXT conference
Thursday 15th May '14
The Telegraph Opera being ruined by 'useless quest for novelty', says former Royal Opera House boss Sir John Tooley, former general director of the Royal Opera House, says classics are being ruined by directors trying to do …
Read12th March: Beethoven and Beer, Opera Drama and a Titanic Tuba
Tuesday 12th March '13
The Guardian With George Benjamin's Written on Skin, British opera takes a bold step into the future George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's new opera, Written on Skin, is a landmark in British opera – and there's more …
Read12th October: Singing Mice, Music Prodigy, ‘Miraculous’ News at the Met
Friday 12th October '12
The Independent Composing an opera? It's just child's play, says Britain's newest classical music prodigy Having written her first sonata at the age of five, Alma Deutscher is, unavoidably, being likened to Mozart. Simon Usborne joins the …
Read31st August: Dudamel, Detroit and Defying Labels
Friday 31st August '12
Classic FM Delius study weekend celebrates 150th anniversary A study weekend celebrating the 150th birthday of Frederick Delius is to take place at The British Library in September. Domingo's 140th opera role sparks Twitter competition Plácido Domingo's latest operatic …
Read31st January – Lyon Opera, Messiaen and Desert Island Discs
Tuesday 31st January '12
Telegraph How An Opera House In France Is Turning Darkness Into Light. Michael White on Lyon Opera. Messiaen And His Birds: The Best Animal Species To Inspire Music? Lucy Jones on the obsession and almost spiritual reverance in Messiaen …
Read11th January – A double dose of Plácido Domingo plus money woes overcome
Wednesday 11th January '12
LA Times L.A. Opera Makes Early $7-Million Payment On Country Loan. Plácido Domingo and other leaders of Los Angeles Opera appeared before the L.A. County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to announce that the company has paid …
Read10th January – A call for more new music, the Book of Mormon and RIP Alexis Weissenberg
Tuesday 10th January '12
BBC Music Magazine Composer Turns To Twitter For Lyrics. New choral piece to use lyrics submitted by Twitter users. LA Times John Williams And Steven Spielberg Mark 40 Years Of Collaboration. Since a fateful lunch in 1972, the composer and …
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