BACKIn today’s news: 2018 ABC Young Performers Awards Finalists Announced. Gergiev to inaugurate Moscow’s new concert hall. Participants of Joseph Joachim violin competition announced. Hallé project complete thanks to Victoria Wood Foundation gift. Staatoperette in Dresden ends 2017/18 season with loss of revenue. Mark-Anthony Turnage becomes Psappha patron. BBC Radio 3 launches classical music podcast.
The Evening Standard
An opera about birth control advocate Marie Stopes is coming to London
A new opera based on letters written to birth control advocate Marie Stopes will be performed in London next month.
Rhinegold
Hallé project complete thanks to Victoria Wood Foundation gift
Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra has received a fundraising gift from the Victoria Wood Foundation, enabling it to complete building work at Hallé St Peter’s.
The Times
Jeffrey Sharkey: Creative arts can’t be valued in pounds and pence
The arts are under attack from a market-driven approach to education that means culture is less appreciated, the principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has said.
M Magazine
Mark-Anthony Turnage becomes Psappha patron
British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage CBE has become patron of the Manchester-based contemporary music ensemble Psappha.
Radio Today
BBC Radio 3 launches classical music podcast
Radio 1’s Clara Amfo and Dev, BBC Radio 6 music presenters Shaun Keaveny and Amy Lamé, BBC Asian Network’s Bobby Friction and broadcaster Gemma Cairney are the first guests to appear on BBC Radio 3’s new classical music podcast.
Metro
Opera singer with cerebral palsy wows with her incredible voice
This is the inspirational moment that an opera singer with cerebral palsy brings the house down with a spine-tingling performance.
Limelight Magazine
2018 ABC Young Performers Awards Finalists Announced
The three outstanding performers will go on to perform concertos with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Milton.
Pizzicato
Gergiev to inaugurate Moscow’s new concert hall
Ticket sales have started for the inaugural concert of the new concert hall built in Moscow’s Zaryadye Park.
klassik.com
Staatsoperette Dresden mit hohem Einnahmeverlust in Spielzeit 2017/2018
Die Staatsoperette hat aufgrund eines folgenschweren Wasserschadens in der Spielzeit 2017/18 herbe Einnahmeverluste hinnehmen müssen.
Klassik Heute
10. Internationaler Joseph Joachim Violinwettbewerb Hannover
Die Teilnehmer des Internationalen Joseph Joachim Violinwettbewerbs Hannover 2018 stehen fest.
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Die Erwartungen waren hoch, als Markus Hinterhäuser 2017 seine erste Saison als Festspiel-Intendant in Salzburg vorstellte.
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— Music History (@today_classical) July 18, 2018
2018 ABC Young Performers Awards Finalists Kevin Chow, Emily Sun and Oliver Shermacher © Tom Truong