BACKIn today’s news: 10 year old Australian violin prodigy is so good you might cry. Stolen Violin Alert. The ‘Mozart effect’: Does listening to classical music make you smarter? Estonian young classical musician of the year to head to Edinburgh Festival. 20 young conductors selected to take part in the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition 2018. Steinway & Sons to be sold to Chinese investors? Mecklenburg-Vorpommern offers financial assistance for cultural councils. The classical music festival on the Greek refugee island of Chios. Meet the singer who is bringing Tibetan music to the world. Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Vorarlberg releases programme for 2019.
Classic FM
This 10-year-old Australian violin prodigy is so good you might cry
In April, 10-year-old Christian Li made history by becoming the youngest-ever winner of the 2018 Menuhin Competition in Geneva.
The Violin Chanel
STOLEN VIOLIN ALERT | 1927 August Friedrich Herrmann Violin – Milano, Italy
A stolen instrument alert has been issued for a 1927 August Friedrich Herrmann violin – stolen from a Trenitalia Intercity train in Italy
Classic FM
The ‘Mozart effect’: Does listening to classical music make you smarter?
Studies suggest that listening to classical music can improve your hearing, spatial reasoning skills and even general intelligence. But is there any truth in the ‘Mozart effect’?
ERR.EE News
Estonian young classical musician of the year to head to Edinburgh Festival
Estonian Percussionist Tanel-Eiko Novikov, 17, the winner of ERR’s Klassikatähed young person’s classical music competition, is to head to the Edinburgh International Festival for Eurovision Young Musicians 2018
LSO
Twenty conductors aged under 30 have been selected from across Europe to take part in the 15th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, which will take place in London from 20–22 November.
Der Tagesspiegel
Wie die griechische Insel Chios mit einem Klassik-Musikfestival auf Geflüchtete zugeht, die dort festsitzen – und auch dem Tourismus hilft.
NMZ
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern bietet Kofinanzierung für kommunale Kulturräte an
Das Land will Kreisen und kreisfreien Städten bei der Organisation ihrer Kulturarbeit mit 30 000 Euro jährlich unter die Arme greifen, erwartet von diesen aber eigene Zuschüsse.
klassik.com
Klavierbauer Steinway vor Übernahme durch China-Investor?
Das Traditionsunternehmen Steinway & Sons mit seinen Standorten in Hamburg, New York und Shanghai wird nach Informationen der Nachrichtenagentur Bloomberg möglicherweise erneut verkauft.
El País
La diosa de la canción que atravesó el Himalaya a pie
Yungchen Lhamo se marchó del Tibet en 1989 y desde entonces lleva sus canciones tradicionales y su apoyo a la causa budista contra la represión china por todo el mundo
Platea Magazine
La Schubertiada de Hohenems y Schwarzenberg presenta su edición de 2019
La Schubertiada que se celebra en las localidades austríacas de Hohenems y Schwarzenberg ha presentado su programación para la edición de 2019.
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