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Southbank Centre puts £120m redevelopment on hold
London mayor’s intervention in favour of skate park torpedoes proposal, forcing centre to look for alternative funding
How to buy your own piece of classical music – one bar at a time
An innovative approach to funding new music means that you can literally buy a bar of Charlotte Bray’s latest composition.
Classic FM Online
‘Japan’s Beethoven’ admits paying ghost composer
Deaf composer Mamoru Samuragochi has confessed to hiring someone else to write his most famous music for almost 20 years.
Music Week
Music industry video game launches as an app
A new free app which allows players to take on the role of managing an aspiring musician has been launched today.
Lohud
Hartsdale composer’s Coca-Cola ad struck nerve with viewers
Hartsdale man sought to celebrate U.S. diversity
New York Daily News
Jazz saxophonist arrested for heroin dealing in connection with Philip Seymour Hoffman
Sax player Robert Vineberg, arrested in the net investigating the death of actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, allegedly turned to peddling smack after his considerable work as a studio musician (under the name Robert Aaron) dried up.
Star Tribune
Musicians rehearse in Orchestra Hall for first time in 20 months
The Minnesota Orchestra rehearsed in Orchestra Hall for the first time in 20 months. The first concert is Friday night.
Die Welt
Gerd Albrecht – einer, der immer zur Jugend hielt
The Guardian