31st May: Harry Ogg joins Welsh National Opera, Renee Hunt appointed to Opera North board of trustees, and a lock of Beethoven’s hair to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
Friday 31st May '19
WNO announces new associate conductor Harry Ogg Young British conductor Harry Ogg will join Welsh National Opera this summer as WNO associate conductor, in collaboration with the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition after reaching the competition …
Read21st September: Eric Lu wins Leeds Piano, Spitalfields announce 2018 lineup
Friday 21st September '18
Friday #ClassicalNews Round Up US pianist Eric Lu wins top prize at Leeds competition The 19th Leeds piano competition was won on Saturday night by Eric Lu, a 20-year-old from Boston in the United States, whose sparkling and supremely …
Read2nd May: 2018 Classic BRITs nominations, Jack the Ripper opera, first Leeds International Organ Festival
Wednesday 2nd May '18
In today's news: Classic BRITs 2018 nominations revealed including 101 year old Vera Lynn, ENO to stage Jack the Ripper opera, Joseph Haydn's opera "Il mondo della luna" at the Hanns-Eisler-Hochschule für Musik, Pianist Yeol Eum Son …
Read2nd June: The Leeds Piano Festival and obituaries for Jiri Belohlavek
Friday 2nd June '17
In today's Classical News, The Leeds announces a piano festival, Classic FM try out the Philharmonia Orchestra's new VR toy, and a music teacher arranges Ariana Grande in the wake of the Manchester attack. Plus …
Read19th April: Salzburg Festival gets younger and ‘Lady Macbeth of Mzensk’
Wednesday 19th April '17
In today's news: interview with Miriam Margolyes, more young talent for the Salzburg Festival and listen to Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. Aleksandra Markovic announced as the new director of Opera North. 'Paris - a celebration of …
Read19th October: The reinvention of LIPC, Music For Cats & SBCO’s Classical Connections program
Wednesday 19th October '16
Classical News In today's classical news, Paul Lewis and Adam Gatehouse, joint Artistic Directors of Leeds International Piano Competition, talk about the reinvention of the competition. David Teie, an US composer and cellist, released Music For Cats …
Read19th November: Three choirs chief executive, Children’s Opera & Sibelius competition candidates
Thursday 19th November '15
Classical News In today's news, the Three Choirs Festival Association appoints Alexis Paterson as its new chief executive, a girl born without fingers learns to play the viola with a 3D printed hand and the candidates …
ReadToday is the first day of #Vlogtober
Thursday 1st October '15
We are now in #Vlogtober so throughout the month we will be posting interesting videos as well as creating some of our own. Take a look at this video about Opera North's work at a school …
Read26th November: Belfast Council commits £100,000 as ‘Save The Ulster Orchestra’ campaign continues, Violinist Renaud Capuçon named artistic director of Swiss festival and Alyson Cambridge is first opera performer at Soul Train Awards
Wednesday 26th November '14
Classical News Classical Music Magazine Belfast Council commits £100,000 as ‘Save The Ulster Orchestra’ campaign continues Belfast City Council has offered a conditional £100,000 to the troubled Ulster Orchestra, which remains some distance from securing a £500,000 rescue …
ReadRichard Birkin’s Night Sun at Leeds Light Night
Thursday 2nd October '14
This evening the city of Leeds will be illuminated tomorrow as it celebrates Light Night with 50 free arts events taking place in different corners and alternative spaces within the city. Now in it's tenth …
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