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6th February: ENO’s Mastersinger’s frontcloth of famous German artists – how many can you identify? Rufus Wainwright on Prima Donna and big audience increase for Classic FM

Friday 6th February '15

Classical News Guardian ENO's Mastersinger's frontcloth of famous German artists - how many can you identify? The frontcloth to ENO’s new production of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg features a collage of 103 of the most famous cultural figures …

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26th March: Rufus Wainwright loves Messiaen, Tony Hall speaks at BBC Arts Launch & Stradivari viola for sale from $45 million

Wednesday 26th March '14

The Guardian Rufus Wainwright: Why I love composer Olivier Messiaen 'I listen to Messiaen's work over and over – and once stole from him. But only one bar' BBC Tony Hall - BBC Arts launch Speech given by Tony Hall, …

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24th 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, …

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21st 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 …

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4th December: British Composer Awards, Nazi Shazam app, and Rufus Wainwright

Wednesday 4th December '13

JDCMB British Composer Awards 2013 go to... 13 men and NO women How is it possible in 2013 that 13 men get prizes and there is not one woman in the line up? Gramophone CBSO appoints first Conducting Fellow New …

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2nd December: Esa-Pekka Salonen, latest Google doodle, and music for young ears

Monday 2nd December '13

BBC News Esa-Pekka Salonen: 10 tips to becoming a conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's career took off when he stood in at the last minute for a sick conductor when he was just 25. Almost 25 years later, he was recently …

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Classical Music News – 17th June

Friday 17th June '11

Every day the WildKat team scan newspapers, websites and blogs for interesting classical music news, and now we’ve decided to publish our lists so that you can get a classical music news summary each day. …

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