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LeoGroup purchases multi-million dollar Stradivarius violin with digital currency bitcoin
Financial advisory firm Leo Group LLC has purchased a multi-million dollar Stradivarius violin from the maker’s ‘golden period’ using bitcoin – the first time an instrument of such value has been bought using the digital currency.
Classical Music Magazine
NMC overcomes funding crisis arising from Holst Foundation’s dissolution
NMC, the label devoted to recording works by British contemporary composers, has overcome a funding crisis which threatened to overshadow its 25th anniversary celebration.
Classic FM Online
The Lark Ascending tops Classic FM Hall of Fame 2014
Julian Lloyd Webber awarded ISM’s Distinguished Musician Award
The British cello star picked up the award from the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) in partnership with Classic FM at the ISM conference in Birmingham Conservatoire this afternoon.
Guardian
How to do justice to Christ’s Last Words
Haydn’s meditations on Christ’s Seven Last Words are among the great pieces of Easter music. But could Ruth Padel, steeped in Darwin and Freud, write poetry about this cornerstone of Christianity?
The Hollywood Reporter
Musicians Union Slams Lionsgate Over ‘Draft Day’
The American Federation of Musicians is pressing the case that U.S. films and television programs should be scored domestically, not overseas, especially when they receive U.S. production tax credits.
New York Times
In a series called Collected Stories, the composer David Lang curates an alluring set of programs that explore the idea of storytelling in music.
Tofaki
Nils Frahm is re-creating living spaces in his studio
Berliner Zeitung
Barenboim und Domingo: Sonne über dem Tonsatz-Gestrüpp
Ein Stelldichein der Leichtigkeit und Inbrunst lieferten sich die Staatskapelle unter Daniel Barenboim mit dem gefeierten Tenor Plácido Domingo bei ihren Feiertagskonzerten.
Classical Music on Twitter
Classic FM: @ClassicFM He’s topped the #HallOfFame once again. Here’s 8 reasons why we love Vaughan Williams: http://classfm.co/RWV8
Arts Professional: @ArtsPro #Goodwatch: @LDNmusicmasters debate on class, race, and classical music http://bit.ly/1ndxA2E
Jim McCauley: @JimMcCauley Classical nerds angry about game soundtrack, game nerds angry about classical nerds. This could run and run! http://halloffame.classicfm.com/2014/chart/position/7
Michel van der Aa: @vanderaanet Call for scores, composers competition on freedom -> http://callforscores.wordpress.com/
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