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In today’s news, Harpist Oliver Wass wins the 2016 Guildhall gold medal, Andris Nelsons receives the 13th Glashütte Original Music Festival Award & opera star Andrea Bocelli serenades football fans before kick off in the Leicester City vs Everton game.
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Harpist Oliver Wass wins the 2016 Guildhall gold medal
Harpist Oliver Wass has won the 2016 Guildhall School of Music & Drama gold medal. He performed Ginastera’s concerto for harp, accompanied by the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Adrian Leaper.
Nelsons receives Glashütte Original Music Festival Award
Andris Nelsons has been presented with the 13th Glashütte Original Music Festival Award. The award was presented by the managing director of Glashütte Original Yann Gamard and the intendant of the Dresden Music Festival Jan Vogler following a concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on 6 May at Dresden’s Frauenkirche.
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Bocelli serenades Leicester City fans
Opera star Andrea Bocelli serenaded football fans on Saturday with a spine-tingling rendition of Nussun Dorma before kick off in the Leicester City vs Everton game. The song became famous in football circles after the BBC used Pavarotti’s rendition as the theme tune for its Italia ’90 World Cup coverage.
The Telegraph
Gerald Finley: ‘I dream of finishing my career as von Trapp’
Thirty years ago, a shy young rookie with a soft Canadian accent and gentle smile, straight out of the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Music, made his professional debut in the back row of the Glyndebourne chorus.
Music Week
Irving Azoff claims YouTube is “the root of the problem”
Azoff has issued an open letter on re/code to “Dear YouTube” in response a recent blog post on the services’ “creator blog” titled ’Setting The Record Straight’. In the post, Christophe Muller, Head of YouTube International Music Partnerships, contended that “YouTube takes copyright management extremely seriously and we work to ensure rights holders make money no matter who uploads their music.
Classic FM
Kanye West surprised Kim Kardashian with a whole orchestra because he can
Kanye West is not known for his subtlety – so it makes sense that his gift to KK for mother’s day is not a bunch of flowers but a whole string orchestra.
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Opera Fort Collins hires new executive director
Elizabeth Telling has been announced as Opera Fort Collins’ new executive director
klassik.com
Andris Nelsons mit Preis der Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2016 ausgezeichnet
Der Dirigent Andris Nelsons hat den Preis der Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2016 erhalten. Der Lette erhält die mit 25.000 Euro dotierte Auszeichnung für sein Engagement in Bezug auf die Vermittlung klassischer Musik sowie die Nachwuchsförderung.
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Sachsen-Anhalt: Staatskanzlei künftig für Kultur zuständig
In Sachsen-Anhalt soll die Kulturpolitik künftig komplett von der Staatskanzlei verantwortet werden.
welt.de
Run auf Freikarten für die Elbphilharmonie-Eröffnung
Am Morgen wurde eine Seite zur Verlosung von Freikarten für die Elbphilharmonie-Eröffnungskonzerte freigeschaltet. Wenig später brach sie zusammen. Doch noch haben alle eine Chance auf Tickets.
The Strad @TheStradMag The 9th International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart @poldi_2016 has named five semi finalists http://bit.ly/1q8VOyN
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Live Music Now @LiveMusicNowUK Fascinating uplifting meeting of A Choir in Every Care Home today. Thanks all who took part. http://www.achoirineverycarehome.co.uk
Photograph: Oliver Killig