25th February: ECHO Klassik submissions started, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015 finalists announced, composer Charles Kálmán dies at 85
Wednesday 25th February '15
Classical News The Guardian Composers on their premieres: 'This is the point where one has to let go' The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group has helped music lovers fund commissions through its Sound Investment scheme for almost 30 years. …
Read17th October: Giving a musical voice to war’s unsung victims, BBC Radio 3 doesn’t score highly with Ed Vaizey and Richard Morrison: ‘Britain plays second fiddle when it comes to Strads’.
Friday 17th October '14
Classical News Guardian Giving a musical voice to war’s unsung victims Composer Sally Beamish has turned one of Andrew Motion’s war poems into a new oratorio. The former poet laureate explains their tribute to the ‘damaged living’ BBC Radio …
Read26th February: Outstanding Women of Scotland nominations, Stradivarius identification, and Malta Music protecting refugees
Wednesday 26th February '14
Classic FM Online Nicola Benedetti and Evelyn Glennie among 'Outstanding Women of Scotland' nominations? The violinist and percussionist are among those suggested by the Saltire Society to gain the title in celebration of National Women's Day. The …
Read5th February: Concert access for disabled people, first female conductor at New National Theatre Tokyo and piano virtuoso Yuja Wang
Wednesday 5th February '14
The Guardian Sexism is rife in classical music Why is sexism still tolerated in our industry? We need an immediate and total change in attitudes across the board, says James Rhodes If you can get in, it's great …
Read29th January: Another stolen Stradivarius, Man dressed as Mozart for Super Bowl media, and string quartet pecking order revealed
Wednesday 29th January '14
BBC News Hidden hierarchy in string quartets revealed Scientists have come up with a way to reveal the pecking order within a string quartet Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 'Priceless' Stradivarius violin stolen in armed robbery in Milwaukee A 300-year-old Stradivarius violin …
Read19th December: New Steinway owner, The Rest Is Noise closes & Radio 3 to broadcast every Strauss opera
Thursday 19th December '13
Telegraph Stolen Stradivarius sold for £1.4 million at Tarisio auction house A Stradivarius violin once offered for sale by a thief for £100 has fetched almost 14,000 times that much at auction. Five carols ripe for revival Each Christmas, …
Read13th August: Closing Ceremonies, World’s Bravest Orchestra and New Musical Centres
Monday 13th August '12
Classic FM Classical Music Features at the Olympic Closing Ceremony Julian Lloyd Webber, the London Symphony Orchestra and others featured alongside pop and rock artists in the Olympic Closing Ceremony. 'Hip-Hop violinist' Phantom video is online hit Californian violinist's …
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