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The Telegraph
Mass art forms are falling out of fashion, director Peter Sellars warns
The opera director Peter Sellars warns a new generation prefer intimate theatre to mass art forms ‘dying like vast dinosaurs’
Leading composers have been asked to complete a series of organ pieces by JS Bach. Can they do him justice?
The Strad
Vienna Philharmonic publishes pictures from its recent auditions
The orchestra shares its efforts to maintain fairness and describes the complicated process of gaining full membership
Classic FM online
This violin is made from 16,000 matchsticks and actually works
This is the amazing story of how a violin made entirely of matchsticks ended up being a proper concert instrument, known as the Unikat Polish Stradivarius.
Classical Music Magazine
Concert celebrating the BBC’s The Blue Planet is launched in a tank
This has to be a first for classical music: a concert stage on a seabed
Der Tagesspiegel
Berliner Ensemble: Klausel für das Geisterhaus
Neustart am Berliner Ensemble: Oliver Reese wird 2017 Claus Peymanns Nachfolger.
Pizzicato
Luxemburger Regisseur gewinnt ‘Junge Ohren Preis’ für Festivalproduktion aus Luzern
Drei Produktionen wurden in Stuttgart beim ‘Junge Ohren Preis 2014′ ausgezeichnet, darunter, in der Kategorie ‘Best Practice, Konzert’, das vom luxemburgische Regisseur Dan Tanson für das ‘Lucerne Festival’ inszenierte Stück ‘Heroica’.
Andrei Gavrilov Cancelled Russian Tour Under Political Protest
Pianist Andrei Gavrilov has canceled his planned Russian tour in December due to political reasons.
Klassik.com
UNESCO ernennt Hannover und Mannheim zu Städten der Musik
Die UNESCO hat drei deutsche Städte – Hannover, Mannheim und Heidelberg – in das Städte-Netzwerk “Creative Cities” aufgenommen.
Musik Heute
Bremer Kammerphilharmonie für gesellschaftliches Engagement ausgezeichnet
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen hat den diesjährigen Würth Preis der Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland (JMD) erhalten.
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