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6th March: CMF opens Artist Programme for 2018, events to mark IWD2018, blind musicians to pilot e-reader

Tuesday 6th March 2018

In today’s news: blind musicians to pilot braille machine e-reader at RNIB, CMF opens Artist Programme applications, the best London events to mark International Women’s Day, a look back at the life of enigmatic soprano Nancy Storace, the Austrian avant-garde componist Thomas Pernes died and the redevelopment of Bonn’s Beethovenhall gets behind schedule.

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Blind musicians to pilot ‘world first’ braille machine

More than a dozen professional musicians – all of them blind – will gather at the RNIB in London on 16 March to demonstrate the world’s first multi-line braille e-reader.

Applications for CMF Artist Programme now open

The City Music Foundation provides professional musicians in the UK in the early stages of their careers with expert advice, guidance and support to help them to build successful careers in music.

Evening Standard

The best events in London this week to mark International Women’s Day

HeForShe Arts Week, Women of the World Festival included in the lineup of events in the capital.

BBC News

7 candid photos of jazz legends

Over six decades, Val Wilmer has become “a world figure in the history of African-American musical culture”. Her remarkable career has seen her interview and photograph almost every significant and influential figure in post-war jazz, blues and R&B.

BBC Music Magazine

More than Mozart’s muse

Last year marked the bicentenary of the death of one such singer; a remarkable soprano called Nancy Storace (1765 – 1817). Dr Anna Maria Barry tells the story of the enigmatic soprano.

klassik.com

Komponist Thomas Pernes gestorben

Der österreichische Komponist Thomas Pernes ist tot. Er starb am Tag nach seinem 62. Geburtstag nach schwerer Krankheit an seinem Wiener Wohnsitz.

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Bonn: Sanierung der Beethovenhalle stark in Verzug

Das Scheitern des Zeitplans bei der Sanierung der Beethovenhalle zeigt ebenso wie die seit Monaten anhaltende Kostenexplosion, dass hier eine gravierende Fehlentscheidung getroffen wurde », teilt die Vereinigung ‘Bürger für Beethoven’ (BFB) aus Bonn mit.

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Deutscher Musikwettbewerb beginnt mit 182 Künstlern

Beim Deutschen Musikwettbewerb (DMW) messen sich seit Montag in Bonn junge Künstler in zwölf Solo- und Kammermusikkategorien.

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Le violon d’Albert Einstein mis en vente aux enchères

La maison Bonhams s’apprête à mettre en vente, le 9 mars 2018, le violon ayant appartenu à Albert Einstein.

Platea Magazine

La Ritirata, Premio de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid en su modalidad de música clásica

Junto a Isabel Coixet, Joan Manuel Serrat, Morante de la Puebla, Javier Marías o Abraham García, entre otros, la Ritirata ha sido galardonada en el marco de los Premios de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid, en su caso en la modadlidad de música clásica.

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@MusicMagazine: It’s International Women’s Day this week. Peruse our guide to the best female-focussed concerts taking place in the next few days.

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