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Abigail Pogson appointed to manage Sage Gateshead
Spitalfields Music chief executive Abigail Pogson is to become managing director of Sage Gateshead in May, taking over from Anthony Sargent.
The Guardian
WNO puts opera’s ‘invisible people’ on stage
Welsh National Opera performing project puts the spotlight on the stagehands
The Times
Parents dig deep to fund piano lessons
Parents are spending more on music lessons than any other out-of-school activity, according to a study.
The Independent
Tristan and Isolde: Should an opera production be changed if audiences dislike it?
The Royal Opera’s ‘Tristan and Isolde’ alienated audiences with its high wall on stage. Now it has been changed. Thank goodness opera directors do listen sometimes, says Jessica Duchen
The Telegraph
The 10 best pieces of Christmas classical music
Fed up of carols and mind-numbing festive hits? Ivan Hewett offers the best classical pieces for the season
Classic FM
Cellist banned from breastfeeding in dressing room at £1,000-a-year private members club
The Oriental Club in central London banned cellist Katherine Jenkinson from taking her 11-week old baby and a babysitter into her dressing room.
Musik Heute
Musikmesse Classical:NEXT 2015 öffnet Registrierung
Die vierte Ausgabe des internationalen Klassik-Meetings findet vom 20. bis 23. Mai 2015 im niederländischen Rotterdam statt.
Klassik.com
Neuer Vorschlag zu Kulturkürzungen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Die Landesregierung von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern hat den Kommunen im Osten des Bundeslandes einen neuen Vorschlag für Kürzungen in der Theaterlandschaft unterbreitet.
Montserrat Caballé widerspricht Spekulationen über Karriereende
Opern-Diva will “auf der Bühne sterben”
Codex Flores
Hat Baronin von Rothschild zwei Chopin-Stücke geschrieben?
Zwei erst im 20. Jahrhundert publizierte mutmassliche Chopin-Stücke, ein Nocturne in c-Moll und ein Walzer in a-Moll, sollen in Tat und Wahrheit Werke der Chopin-Schülerin Baronne Nathaniel de Rothschild sein.
El Mundo
El Teatro Real equilibra sus cuentas y espera ya superávit en 2015
El presupuesto para 2015 es de 43.659.192 euros y se prevé un superávit de 500.000 euros
Pizzicato
Big Gift For The Curtis Institute Of Music
The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia announces a combined $11.5 million in gifts from Board Chair Nina Baroness von Maltzahn, including a $10 million endowment gift to establish the Nina von Maltzahn President’s Chair held by Roberto Díaz.
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BBC Music Magazine @MusicMagazine: Radio 3 Christmas carol competition finalists announced: http://www.classical-music.com/news/radio-3-christmas-carol-competition-finalists-announced …
The Bridgewater Hall @BridgewaterHall: @GarethMalone pulls together a new Military Wives super-choir. First episode tonight on @BBCTwo at 9pm: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04vkfft …
Music in the Round @MusicintheRound: We wish Beethoven a Happy Probably-His-Birthday! @HTimw @LeonoreInfo @elias_quartet @johnsuchet1
Photograph: Unheard Voices – CREW, WNO Photograph: WNO