2nd December: RAM appointed 2 news visiting professors, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra & La musique aux enfants
Friday 2nd December '16
Classical News In today's classical news, The Royal Academy of Music has appointed 2 new visiting professors, cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Bengt Forsberg. To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of composer Sergei Prokofiev, the renowned Mariinsky Theatre …
Read22nd February: British Culture Secretary and Arts Minister split on EU vote & Prokofiev’s grandson puts a new spin on classical music
Monday 22nd February '16
Classical News In today's news, British Culture Secretary and Arts Minister split on EU vote and Prokofiev's grandson puts a new spin on classical music. Also, Teodor Currentzis awarded Kairos Prize and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies …
Read19th October: Levit interview, Warner Classics tribute & 330th year of J. S. Bach
Monday 19th October '15
Classical News In today's news: Warner Classics is about to issue a two-CD tribute to Jon Vickers, and Plácido Domingo withdraws from conducting & needs to undergo surgery. Also, Klassik Akzente celebrates 330 years of Johann …
Read29th July: Max Hole confirms third Bristol Proms for 2015, Gabriel Prokofiev launches new violin concerto at Proms and Oxford students release acapella version of Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie
Tuesday 29th July '14
Classical News Classic FM Max Hole confirms third Bristol Proms for 2015 The Bristol Proms will return to the Bristol Old Vic for a third year running in 2015, Universal boss Max Hole has confirmed. BBC News Gabriel Prokofiev launches …
Read27th November: Chinese classical music talent show, video game music & is Putin buying Rachmaninoff’s estate?
Wednesday 27th November '13
Forbes IMG Artists To Launch TV Scouting Of Classical Music Talents In China IMG Artists will join hands with China Arts and Entertainment Group to expand its business in China and bring Chinese performing arts programs abroad. The joint …
Read17th October: 1750 instrument for auction, Jack Topping for Christmas No. 1, and Music in China
Thursday 17th October '13
Gramophone Leila Josefowicz puts her violin up for sale The 1750 instrument by Michele Angelo Bergonzi will be auctioned through Ingles and Hayday Classic FM Online Jack Topping to enter race for Christmas No. 1 Jack's hoping he'll be 'Topping' …
Read25th July: Lesley Garrett, the London Mayor and Classical Club nights
Wednesday 25th July '12
Arts Journal – Slipped Disc British Conductor, 45, dies after long illness Graham Jackson, a dedicated general music director in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach dies at the age of 45. Another Conductor drops out of the BBC Proms Conductor Thierry …
Read9th January – Haydn makes the top ten, plus the rehabilitation and rejuvenation of Prokofiev
Monday 9th January '12
Jessica Duchen's Classical Music Blog Hooray For Haydn. Haydn is named a member of the top ten most performed composers of 2011. The Guardian Delius: Beauty In The Ear Of The Beholder. His life was as romantic and colourful as …
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