21st August: ‘Funding crisis’ poses serious threat to A-level music and languages. First opera short film in Virtual Reality
Tuesday 21st August '18
In today's news: ‘Funding crisis’ poses serious threat to A-level music and languages. 'He is a true pioneer and visionary': Sony/ATV and Stellar Songs sign Octavian. An antique machine plays THREE violins at once and …
Read26th February: Instruments back on board, new audiences with app & Spotify in the cloud
Friday 26th February '16
Classical News In today's news, Opera North announces that Serbian conductor Aleksandar Marković will replace its current music director Richard Farnes and Ulster Orchestra names Richard Wigley as managing director. Also, Spotify moves itself onto Google’s cloud and Apple …
Read25th August: ECHO Klassik winners, Friedrich Doležal dies, hip-hop Alice in Wonderland opera
Tuesday 25th August '15
Classical News In today's news, the winners of ECHO Klassik are announced, Friedrich Doležal has died and reimagining Alice in Wonderland as a hip-hop opera. Classical Music Magazine ECHO Klassik Prizewinners Announced The winners of this year’s ECHO Klassik awards …
Read29th January: Experimental music, Danish National Chamber Orchestra fights cuts by crowdfunding, new GCSE and A Level Music exam content
Thursday 29th January '15
Classical News The Guardian The playlist: experimental music – James Hoff, Richard Skelton, Pauline Oliveros and more These unconventional artists and composers use everything from computer viruses to mud-crusted violins to create new sounds and reimagine masterpieces Danish National …
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 …
Read28th November: Jake Bugg, noise pollution in practice, and FUSE debut ‘blinged-up’ instruments
Thursday 28th November '13
BBC News The Halle orchestra get creative to make music pay The Halle orchestra is taking a leaf out of celebrity choirmaster Gareth Malone's book and holding its first corporate choir competition Classic FM Online Jake Bugg cites Beethoven …
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