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23rd July: Nicola Benedetti ‘relieved and delighted’ about £18million funding increase, a guide to the music of Judith Weir and Lang Lang gives basketball star LeBron James a piano lesson

Wednesday 23rd July 2014

Classical News

Classic FM

Nicola Benedetti ‘relieved and delighted’ about £18million funding increase

Thousands of young people will benefit from an increase in funding for music education hubs, Education Minister Nick Gibb announced today, a move welcomed by violinist and ambassador for arts education, Nicola Benedetti.

Classical-Music.com

A guide to the music of Judith Weir

Our introduction to works by the new Master of the Queen’s Music.

Classic FM

Lang Lang gives basketball star LeBron James a piano lesson

Pianist Lang Lang has made good on his promise to US basketball player LeBron James and given him his first piano lesson.

The New York Times



At 50, Festival Is Reunion of Sorts

Tanglewood Holds Its 50th Celebration of Contemporary Music.

El Pais



El piano de ‘Casablanca’, a subasta

El instrumento será la estrella de una subasta que incluye el guion o fotos firmadas por el reparto

KulturPort

Eine enge Bindung von Bildung und Kultur

Unter der Fragestellung „Hamburg – Modellregion für Kinder- und Jugendkultur?“ hatte die Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendkultur (LAG) die kulturpolitischen Sprecher der fünf großen Parteien zum Podiumsgespräch geladen.

Twitter

GoClassical: ‏@GoClassicalUK  #Music education in England gets funding boost, back up to £75m for 2015/16 http://www.classicalmusicmagazine.org/2014/07/music-education-in-england-gets-funding-boost-back-up-to-75m-for-201516/ … #classicalmusic

Gramophone: @GramophoneMag Denis Matsuev headlines LSO’s Artist Portrait series – will perform 3 Russian piano concertos at the @BarbicanCentre http://www.gramophone.co.uk/news/denis-matsuev-headlines-lso%E2%80%99s-artist-portrait-series …

Music Education UK: @MusicEdUK Faber Music announces publishing partnership with Lang Lang: http://bit.ly/1sKMwIv 

 

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Photograph: classicfm.com