Children from across the world unite to create new opera, Orchestras Live announce new regional producer and a new Melbourne festival celebrates women composers
Thursday 28th February '19
1,600 Buckinghamshire school children to perform at the Royal Albert Hall Dare to Dream brings together children from Syria, Uganda, Bangladesh and Buckinghamshire to create a newly commissioned children’s opera, to be premiered at the Royal Albert …
Read10th April: Arts Council allocates money to classical music, Mark-Anthony Turnage quits opera, and Suadi Arabia and France strike arts deal
Tuesday 10th April '18
In today's news: Opera receives large sums from Arts Council, Mark-Anthony Turnage quits opera, streaming services considered going public, Sir Andrew Davis to step down from Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, winners of "Deutscher Pianistenpreis" are announced …
ReadWildKat PR welcomes composer Douglas Knehans
Tuesday 30th January '18
WildKat PR is delighted to welcome award-winning composer Douglas Knehans to our roster of artists. Image: Douglas Knehans © Tina Gutierrez Photography Knehans’ music is about immediacy, drama, power, playfulness, architecture, harmonic structure, melodic expressiveness and more importantly …
Read14th April: Humour in classical music, higher standards for music GCSEs and ENO appoints new executive director
Monday 14th April '14
The Telegraph Classical music, funny? Surely you're joking... Ivan Hewett explains how classical music often contains more wit and humour than we give it credit for. The Guardian The story behind the posthumous premiere of Górecki's Fourth Symphony Henryk Górecki's …
Read2nd October: Modern Music, Maxwell Davies, and No Minnesota Orchestra.
Tuesday 2nd October '12
Gramophone Alexandre Bloch wins 2012 Donatella Flick-LSO Conducting Competition Young French conductor receives £15,000 and a one-year assistant conductor position with the LSO Classic FM Bryn Terfel to perform with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Welsh singer Bryn Terfel will perform with …
Read19th June: Arvo Pärt, Diego Matheuz and Sir Andrew Davis
Tuesday 19th June '12
The Telegraph Beecham's noise is always a sheer pleasure to hear For sheer pleasure, the great English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham often strikes Charles Spencer as unbeatable. The Guardian A guide to Arvo Pärt's music The deeply spiritual composer who …
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