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15th October: Spontaneous hymn, Charlotte Church, and Yamaha unveils new instruments

Tuesday 15th October '13

The Telegraph Group perfoms Icelandic hymn in German train station YouTube video shows Icelandic indie-folk group spontaneously burst into song in Wuppertal station, west Germany Charlotte Church: female pop stars told 'take clothes off, show you're an adult' Charlotte …

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October 10th: Traditional media and young people, Breaking Bad as opera, and women in classical music

Thursday 10th October '13

The Guardian BuzzFeed president: 'We feel strongly that traditional media have given up on young people' Jon Steinberg tells MIPCOM audience that his site is 'bringing more hard news on a relative basis than a lot of …

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October 7th: Pavarotti Takeover, final applause for Osmo Vanska, and Mediaeval Baebes

Monday 7th October '13

Classic FM Online Classic FM's Pavarotti Takeover Weekend, 5-6 October 2013 This weekend gone by, it was Pavarotti all the way as Classic FM paid the tenor a special tribute Inquirer Entertainment A personal journey with classical music The Philippine …

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4 October: Andris Nelsons leaves CBSO and opinion on the Classic BRITs

Friday 4th October '13

Classical Music Magazine Boston-bound Andris Nelsons to leave CBSO in 2015 ‘with heavy heart’ Andris Nelsons is to leave the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in summer 2015 ‘with an extremely heavy heart’, having decided that his …

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27th September: Renée Fleming on Letterman, Gerard Mortier, and Inflatable Concert Hall

Friday 27th September '13

Classical Music Magazine Protest disrupts Met’s Eugene Onegin first night The Metropolitan Opera’s season-opening production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin on 23 September was disrupted briefly by a lone protester urging the house and its cast to take a public stand against …

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11th October: Beethoven Fun Run, Wine on Classical Radio, and Verdi on Film

Thursday 11th October '12

Classic FM Exclusive featurette from Dustin Hoffman's new movie 'Quartet' To celebrate Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, Classic FM brings you the first look at a featurette from the new film directed by Dustin Hoffman and starring Dame Maggie Smith, …

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2nd 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 …

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18th September: Mid-air Musicians, Children Composers, and Performing Puppets.

Tuesday 18th September '12

The Telegraph Stockhausen’s Mittwoch Aus Licht:Opera with real altitude It has musicians in helicopters and in mid-air, seagull noises and a camel. Neil McCormick looks forward to Stockhausen's Mittwoch Aus Licht in Birmingham. Classic FM Hallé Orchestra teams up …

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