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In today’s news, Help Musicians UK is boosting opportunities for young professional musicians, the death of a musician who caught an infection from his bagpipes has highlighted the dangers lurking inside musical instruments, and Simon & Sue Ruddick have donated £125,000 to improve ladies’ loos in British theatres. Also, 15 musicians are gathering at an active volcanic crater to play for 10½ hours.
Music Week
Help Musicians UK boosting opportunities for young pro musicians
Help Musicians UK is looking to increase opportunities for young professional musicians by way of its new Career Development Bursaries.
New Scientist
Deadly bagpipe infection is health warning to all wind musicians
Musicians beware: clean your instruments. The death of a musician who caught an infection from his bagpipes has highlighted the dangers lurking inside musical instruments.
The Guardian
Grandstand, Countdown, Ski Sunday: the unsung heroes behind TV’s greatest tunes
They’ve written some of the most iconic tracks of the last 50 years. Yet you’ve probably never heard of them. We met the legends of ‘library’ music
The Telegraph
Meet the couple on a mission to improve ladies’ loos in British theatres
Simon and Sue Ruddick have donated £125,000 to be spent on improving toilets in theatres up and down the country.
The New York Times
15 Musicians Spent the Night in an Active Volcano. Listen to What Happened.
Last Thursday, 15 musicians gathered at an active volcanic crater on a small island in the southern Aegean Sea for an experiment in improvisational site-specific performance. Lit by a glowing August full moon, they played for 10½ hours, asked only to take inspiration from their surroundings.
Aftenposten
Nysgjerrig på kammermusikk? Vår ekspert gir deg sine heteste tips til Oslo kammermusikkfestival!
De neste dagene myldrer det av arrangementer under Oslo kammermusikkfestival. Astrid Kvalbein gir deg oversikt over forestillingene du må få med deg.
nmz
hmt Rostock bildet mehr Musiklehrer aus – Vereinbarung unterzeichnet
Die Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock (hmt) wird künftig mehr Lehrer für das Schulfach Musik ausbilden. Darauf haben sich Hochschule und Bildungsministerium in einer Teilzielvereinbarung verständigt.
klassik.com
Rheingau Musik Festival: Förderpreis für Geiger Marc Bouchkov
Der belgische Geiger Marc Bouchkov hat den mit 15.000 Euro dotierten Förderpreis des Rheingau Musik Festivals erhalten. Bouchkov hat den Preis am gestrigen Montag im Rahmen eines Konzerts auf Schloss Johannisberg entgegengenommen.
Die Zeit
Jazzmusiker Toots Thielemans ist tot
Er spielte mit Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra oder Billy Joel und bewies seine Virtuosität mit der Mundharmonika auch für die “Sesamstraße”. Der belgische Jazzmusiker, Mundharmonikaspieler und Komponist Toots Thielemans ist gestorben.
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“634 Minutes Inside a Volcano” was an improvisational site-specific performance on the Greek island Nisyros. Credit: Pinelopi Gerasimou