30th September: Parents think classical music is ‘elitist’, Lindsey Stirling to join Andrea Bocelli UK tour and Atlanta Symphony president resigns.
Tuesday 30th September '14
Telegraph Parents think classical music is 'elitist' and only listen to pop These days it is children who introduce classical music to their parents, says former Royal Harpist Catrin Finch Daniel Harding: conductor on a mission to revive …
Read24th February: Closing ceremony classical at Sochi, classical music explodes, and Maria von Trapp
Monday 24th February '14
New York Daily News Classical music explodes, both in sales and in expanding boundaries As crossover classical-pop performers like Andrea Bocelli and Lindsey Stirling sell tons of records, established pop, rock and roots musicians like Rufus Wainwright, …
Read21st February: Music industry worth £3.5bn to UK economy & Classic FM & New York Daily News tell us why classical music alive & thriving
Friday 21st February '14
Classical Music Magazine Music industry worth £3.5bn to the UK economy, says report The music industry is worth £3.5bn a year to the UK economy, according to a new report from UK Music, an organisation which lobbies …
Read5th November: Ancient flute discovered, Peter Tatchell disrupts LSO concert and is 1D’s Niall Horan a failed classical musician?
Tuesday 5th November '13
United Press International Ancient bone flute suggests 9000 year old music tradition in China Three flutes made from bird bones found in an tomb in central China are evidence remote ancestors played music long before they could …
Read24th October: Aboriginal opera singer, music at Prince George’s christening and YouTube music awards
Thursday 24th October '13
Guardian Deborah Cheetham: The world's only Aboriginal opera singer Soprano Deborah Cheetham, who forcibly taken from her Aboriginal parents, talks about 'Pecan Summer,' an opera telling the stories of Aboriginal repression in the twentieth century. Gramophone Budapest’s Liszt …
Read13th August: Celebrating Stravinsky, the first Urban Prom and John Williams’ new score
Tuesday 13th August '13
New York Times A Wild Ride Through Stravinsky's Early Years Bard Musical Festival celebrates 'Stravinsky and His World' The Guardian Music Worlds collide in first Urban Prom Hip-hop acts including Laura Mvula, Fazer and Wretch 32 to perform with BBC …
Read9th November: Digital Stands Replace Scores, Austrian Parliament Hosts Holocaust Opera, and Classical Music Christmas Lights
Friday 9th November '12
Gramophone São Paulo Symphony Orchestra to record complete Villa-Lobos Symphonies Naxos project will use entirely re-edited versions of the scores Classic FM Lindsey Stirling embraces video game music in Assassin's Creed video The latest high-concept video from violinist Lindsey Stirling …
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