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Polish tenor hits back after a ‘fanatical minority’ boos La Scala production
Piotr Beczala says he will not take another role in Italy after section of audience boos new production of La Traviata
Limelight Magazine
What’s the value of sacred music in a secular age?
Is sacred music past is sell-by? Religious leaders, musicians and non-believers share their views
Classic FM Online
Joseph Calleja hangs out with Snoop Dogg at Kennedy Center Honors
Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja performed an aria from Verdi’s Aïda last night at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony
Andrea Bocelli Foundation donates $500k to MIT
Tenor Andrea Bocelli’s charity foundation has donated a sum of around $500,000 to aid MIT in researching new technology products for the blind
ABO
New Directions – Conference 2014
In 2014, after a break of 25 years, the ABO Conference returns to the capital for three days of crucial debate and discussion, networking and learning, and analysing of the future of the orchestral sector in the UK and around the world
Manassas Patch
Holiday Flash Mob: Manassas Cellist Leads First-Ever By Air Force Band
The flash mob took place in the middle of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
Drowned in Sound
Drowned in sound reveal their Top 20 albums of this year
A mix of genres and styles for the ‘ listmas’ of 2013
Der Tagesspiegel
Hat der 32-jährige Gustavo Dudamel das Zeug dazu, 2018 Sir Simon Rattles als Chefdirigent der Berliner Philharmoniker zu beerben? Jetzt war der Dirigent aus Venezuela mit Werken von Schubert, Beethoven und Strawinsky bei dem Orchester zu Gast
The Guardian