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11th September – 17th September: Kazuki Yamada As New CBSO Chief Conductor, Teodor Currentzis Stays With SWR Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel In Paris, Jaap van Zweden Resigns As Music Director

Friday 17th September '21

CBSO Names Kazuki Yamada As The New Chief Conductor The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra today announces that its next chief conductor is to be Kazuki Yamada. The Japanese musician, born in 1979, has been CBSO’s principal …

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28th August – 3rd September: Bernardi Music Group String Academy, From Nuremberg to Berlin, Alice Orange Leaves Sablé Festival, LA Phil Dudamel Fellows 2021-22

Friday 3rd September '21

Bernardi Music Group String Academy For Young Musicians The Sussex-based Bernardi Music Group has announced it will continue its String Academy, offering the opportunity for select young musicians to perform at the 21st anniversary of the …

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28th October: John Wilson Orchestra’s tour, Three Palaces Festival & National Opera Paris

Friday 28th October '16

Classical News In today's classical news, John Wilson Orchestra is to embark on a 12-date nationwide tour next month, the 'Music from the Movies' programme will feature Oscar-winning songs and film scores from the golden era of Hollywood. Peter …

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31th May: Classical:NEXT day three, EUYO criticizes EU Commissioner & no 1st prize in Markneukirchen

Tuesday 31st May '16

Classical News In today's news, Classical:NEXT 2016 day three, New York Geffen Hall plans continue in fits and starts, and profile of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Also, EUYO criticizes EU Commissioner Navracsics, and …

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7th April: Opera based on life of Bill Clinton, Wiener Staatsoper announces new season & PRS Foundation launches Flash Fund

Thursday 7th April '16

Classical news In today's news, LA Phil appoints Susanna Mälkki as principal guest conductor, Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition names its candidates and music charity PRS For Music Foundation has launched a new edition of its …

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9th April: The Scottish Symphony Orchestra give India a taste of western classical music, Ivan Hewett demonstrates the humour in classical music, and Alisa Weilerstein wins Recording of the Year

Wednesday 9th April '14

Guardian India gets a taste of western classical from Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has been touring Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai in a bid to inspire Indian children to explore western classical music. The Telegraph Sivan …

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3rd April: the world of Anton Bruckner, Sir Neville Marriner at 90 & the new Orchestival 2014

Thursday 3rd April '14

The Guardian Sex, death and dissonance: the strange, obsessive world of Anton Bruckner There's no doubt Anton Bruckner was an oddball, a man with an unhealthy interest in dead bodies and teenage girls. But the composer's obsessions …

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LA Phil LIVE opens in UK cinemas today

Friday 13th April '12

From today LA Phil LIVE "Symphony of a Thousand" will be broadcast to UK cinemas. The concert being screened was the climax of the recent Mahler Project, which saw Gustavo Dudamel conduct all of Mahler's 9 …

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LA Phil LIVE with Gustavo Dudamel: Mahler’s 8th Symphony in a cinema near you

Wednesday 21st March '12

WildKat PR are proud to announce that we are working with Omniverse Vision on the LA Phil LIVE international cinema broadcast of Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand", recorded in Caracas in February 2012. Gustavo Dudamel's epic …

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