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In today’s news, Classical:NEXT 2016 day three, New York Geffen Hall plans continue in fits and starts, and profile of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Also, EUYO criticizes EU Commissioner Navracsics, and there are no first prize winners at the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen.
Classical Music Magazine
Classical:NEXT 2016: day three
You have ten minutes to set up a working party and map out a festival programme on a chosen theme for a set venue. That was the assignment given to members of the audience at the final Classical:NEXT conference, titled Create-It-Yourself curation.
The Guardian
Facing the music: François-Xavier Roth
From Boulez to Baker, plus Mahler, Benjamin and… Sting: The conductor on the music that shapes his life on and off the concert platform.
The Arts Desk
Period Portraits: Snapping the OAE
The OAE doesn’t just sound unique. It looks it too. To mark the orchestra’s 30th anniversary, photographer Eric Richmond introduces his portraits.
CNN
‘Classical’ music is dying…and that’s the best thing for classical music
Charlie Albright says new approaches to classical music are the route to its revival.
Classic FM
We still need positive action in classical music, says LA Phil boss
President and Chief Executive Officer (David C. Bohnett Presidential Chair) of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Deborah Borda, reveals the need for conscious effort and action around diversity at the top of orchestral music.
The New York Times
Philharmonic’s Geffen Hall Plans Continue in Fits and Starts
The renovation of the New York Philharmonic’s Lincoln Center home, David Geffen Hall, is the classical music equivalent of the Second Avenue subway.
pizzicato
EUYO Criticizes EU Commissioner’s „Misleading“ Statement
Commissioner Navracsics’s statement yesterday that the Commission is seeking a solution to EUYO funding is welcomed, says the Orchestra in a press release, „but in response to questions from the Council of Ministers, his replies were also inaccurate and misleading.“
JDCMB
Yesterday was the birthday of the great violinist Jelly d’Arányi, who was born in Budapest on 30 May 1893. She is of course the heroine of Ghost Variations
klassik.com
Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen endet ohne Gewinner
Bei der diesjährigen Ausgabe des Internationalen Instrumentalwettbewerbs Markneukirchen ist die Finalrunde ohne erste Plätze zu Ende gegangen.
Musik heute
Tenor Peter Schreier erhält Sächsischen Verdienstorden
Der Tenor und Dirigent Peter Schreier erhält den Sächsischen Verdienstorden. Die Auszeichnung werde dem 80-Jährigen am Mittwoch von Ministerpräsident Stanislaw Tillich überreicht, teilte die Staatskanzlei am Montag mit.
Codex flores
Jubiläumsausgabe der Musik-Kurswochen Arosa
Zum 30-Jahr-Jubiläum der Musik-Kurswochen Arosa haben sich per Ende Mai laut den Veranstaltern 1220 Teilnehmende angemeldet. Die Veranstalter erwarten ein Rekordjahr.
Musical Futures @musicalfutures Famous classical music #composers linked to YouTube Videos – ThingLink http://bit.ly/1Z9WQXw
Katherine Jenkins @KathJenkins Favourite: “The transformative power of classical music” @BenjaminZander http://bit.ly/1sRoKpx
Steinway: Listen @ListenMusicMag: “Ten Great #Classical Music Moments in America:” #10: The Forming of @kronosquartet
Bel canto arias in the shower… Conductor Francois-Xavier Roth Photograph: Francois SECHET 2011