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In today’s news: Warner Classics is about to issue a two-CD tribute to Jon Vickers, and Plácido Domingo withdraws from conducting & needs to undergo surgery. Also, Klassik Akzente celebrates 330 years of Johann Sebastian Bach this year and FAZ interviews Igor Levit
The Guardian
Classical music isn’t a secret society unless we allow it to be
It doesn’t matter if you weren’t brought up with it or don’t know how to pronounce the composers’ names – I wasn’t, I can’t, and it still lets me in
Classic FM
Rare and revealing Mozart letter fetches $217k at auction
A letter written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been sold at auction for a whopping $217,000
Classical Music Magazine
Warner Classics to issue tribute to Jon Vickers
Warner Classics is to issue a two-CD tribute to Jon Vickers, the heldentenor who died in July, which will include previously unreleased material collected by documentary maker Jon Tolansky
Evening Standard
Sergei Prokofiev ‘would have supported bringing classical music to younger audiences’
The grandson of Sergei Prokofiev today told how the composer would have been right behind a season of classical music rebooted to appeal to younger audiences
Classical Source
Plácido Domingo withdraws from conducting Met Tosca
Plácido Domingo was hospitalised on Tuesday, suffering from acute cholecystitis. The Metropolitan Opera, where he was to conduct the first-night of Tosca this evening, announced that Domingo will undergo surgery to remove his gallbladder
Klassik Akzente
330. Geburtstag – Johann Sebastian Bach lebt!
In diesem Jahr begehen wir den 330. Geburtstag von Johann Sebastian Bach, des vielleicht größten Komponisten aller Zeiten. Sein Werk lebt. Das demonstrieren jetzt vier exquisite Neu-Veröffentlichungen
FAZ
Aufstehen, fertig, das Leben geht weiter
Igor Levit ist einer der besten Pianisten der Gegenwart. Ein Gespräch über Bach, Beethoven und die Frage, ob Musik die Welt verändern soll
Pizzicato
Pianist Dmitri Teterin Died, Aged 44
Russian Pianist Dmitri Teterin, born in Moscow in 1971, has died on October 18 at the age of 44. Teterin studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and also at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He won many international competitions
Classicalite
Grigory Sokolov, Norman Lebrecht Feud: Pianist Refuses Cremona Award Over Slipped Disc Post
In the capricious world of award ceremonies, occasionally, a winner will refuse an award for, um, “personal reasons.” Fewer still so suspiciously as reclusive Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov, who recently refused the 2015 Cremona Music Award in what appeared to be an act of spite
Swissinfo.ch
Lifetime achievement award for orchestra conductor
American conductor David Zinman has been awarded the prestigious Echo Klassik award for his achievements over two decades conducting the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. During his time the orchestra developed into one of the world’s finest
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Johann Sebastian Bach copyright by Fred Münzmaier / DG Klassik Akzente