18th February: Free tickets for classical newcomers, Nikola Hillebrand and Johannes Martin Kränzle win prizes
Monday 18th February '19
First-time concert-goers to get star treatment at the Southbank The Southbank Centre announced a new project today, in which newcomers to classical music will be able to attend a concert accompanied by a leading musician or …
Read11th July: Treat classical music like broccoli, orchestral concert benefits the Black Lives Matter movement & tribute to David Bowie
Monday 11th July '16
Classical News In today's news, violinist Nicola Benedetti treats classical music like broccoli, The Catskill High Peaks Festival brings together renowned musicians, pedagogues and international students, and The New York Times reports on an orchestral concert …
Read8th July: New PRS fund, judges announces for Cardiff Singer & Met Opera announces new concertmaster
Friday 8th July '16
In our news today, PRS for Music Foundation has launched a new fund and resource, Cardiff Singer announces the first judges and The Metropolitan Opera has announced their new concertmaster. Also, 13 year old jazz …
Read9th February: Grammy Winners 2015, interviews with Gregory Porter and Pumeza Matshikiza
Monday 9th February '15
Classical News Guardian New concert halls - the good, the bad, and the rumours Jonathan Nott’s move to Geneva will coincide with a new concert hall for the city, Jansons battles on for a hall in Munich fit …
Read29th September: Can Brian Cox save classical music, Marin Alsop attacks ‘snobbish’ classical music world and Atlanta Symphony federal mediation has teething troubles.
Monday 29th September '14
Guardian Thomas Quasthoff: ‘Schubert’s songs fly through the sky like angels’ The celebrated bass-baritone on why he retired at 52, life after thalidomide, and his new career in Shakespeare and cabaret Telegraph Can Brian Cox save classical music? A British …
Read11th Apr: Lesley Garrett, Schubert and Thomas Quasthoff
Wednesday 11th April '12
Independent From Under The Arches To Royal Opera House: Homeless Get Their Break A mother and daughter folk duo, a hip-hop collective and a poetry group from Aldershot are to perform at the Royal Opera House in …
Read12th January – A Beethoven gem, and youth’s moment in the sun
Thursday 12th January '12
Gramophone Violinist Israel Baker Has Died, Aged 92. The violinist Israel Baker has died at his home in Los Angeles aged 92. Thomas Quasthoff Withdraws From The Spotlight. Citing ill health, the German baritone retires. BBC News Letter Penned By Beethoven …
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