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In our news today, concertgoers at The Last Night Of The Proms show their solidarity with the European Union, Oliver Mears will join the Royal Opera House as Director of Opera, and 13-year-old Gwydion Rhys conducts Proms in the Park orchestra. Also, London’s largest homelessness charity has launched its annual “A Night Under The Stars” fundraising concert, and Daniele Gatti picks up the baton at Royal Concertgebouw.
The Guardian
EU flags waved at Last Night of the Proms in anti-Brexit protest
Concertgoers at The Last Night Of The Proms have shown their solidarity with the European Union by waving EU flags during the performance.
Royal Opera House
Oliver Mears to join Royal Opera House as Director of Opera
Oliver Mears will join the Royal Opera House as Director of Opera at the beginning of March 2017, succeeding Kasper Holten.
BBC News
Gwydion Rhys, 13, conducts Proms in the Park orchestra
A 13-year-old boy has conducted the orchestra for part of the final night of BBC Proms in the Park in Colwyn Bay on Saturday.
Classical Music Magazine
Charity concert launch hosted by prime minister at 10 Downing Street
London’s largest homelessness charity, The Passage, has launched its annual “A Night Under The Stars” fundraising concert at a reception held at 10 Downing Street in the presence of prime minister Theresa May.
The New York Times
Daniele Gatti, Creative Risk-Taker, Picks Up Baton at Royal Concertgebouw
Daniele Gatti took the stage on Friday as the new chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam
The Inquirer
Musicians, orchestra continue labor talks beyond Sept. 12
Musicians and management of the Philadelphia Orchestra have agreed to continue talking for an unspecified period beyond the end of the current labor deal, which had been set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
news24
Sour note as opera outfit dismisses singers
Despite sold-out performances of Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the prestigious Aix-en-Provence Festival in France, the Cape Town Opera (CTO) has hit a sour note with 12 chorus singers fighting their dismissal in a dispute over money and contracts.
WELT
Die schöne, teure Zukunft der Musik steht in Berlin
Der Boulez-Saal an der Barenboim-Said-Akademie in Berlin ist einzigartig in Deutschland. Entworfen von Stararchitekt Frank Gehry und finanziert vom Bund. Endlich wird das Konzertprogramm vorgestellt.
RBB Kulturradio
Leipziger Archiv digitalisiert Bach-Handschriften
Das Bach-Archiv in Leipzig beginnt ab Mitte September mit der Digitalisierung von rund 700 Musikhandschriften.
klassik.com
Hornist Marc Gruber Zweiter beim ARD-Musikwettbewerb
Die Preisträger des 65. ARD-Musikwettbewerbs stehen fest. Im Fach Horn wurden gleich zwei 2. Preise verliehen: Sie gingen an Marc Gruber (23) aus Deutschland und Kateřina Javůrková (25) aus Tschechien.
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A range of flags being waved by members of the audience at the Last Night of the Proms. Photograph: BBC/Chris Christodoulou/PA