BACKTelegraph
Mozart manuscript smuggled out of Nazi Germany expected to fetch £500,000
The family of a Jewish musician who smuggled a Mozart manuscript out of Nazi Germany are selling it at auction.
Guardian
Inside Opera: Live stream hopes to widen access to UK’s opera houses
Online linkup between all seven public-funded opera companies will be streamed on YouTube and aims to find younger audience
Daily Mail
Michael Buble accused of underpaying Australian orchestra during his tour
Canadian crooner Michael Buble has reportedly underpaid his entourage of musicians at his recent Rod Laver Arena shows in Melbourne. Buble’s eight-piece string section orchestra were reportedly paid $550 for 12 hours of work, which is almost 40 per cent below the award wage for live performers.
New York Times
Met Opera Contract Talks Stumble to a Start
A Metropolitan Opera union and management almost did not begin their contract talks on Monday after labor invited reporters to attend.
A Composer Attuned to the Earth’s Swirling Motion
A New York Premiere for John Luther Adams’s ‘Become Ocean’
Concerti
Blind gehört Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen: „Da fehlt ein bisschen die Erotik“
Das Klavierduo Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen hört und kommentiert CDs von Kollegen, ohne dass es erfährt, wer spielt
Klassik Akzente
Endlich: Elina Garanca zurück auf den Bühnen der Welt
Ihre Fans haben lange darauf warten müssen, aber nun ist es endlich soweit: Am 11. Mai meldet sich die lettische Mezzosopranistin Elina Garanca aus ihrer zweiten Babypause zurück.
Le Figaro
Kronos Quartet, le titan du quatuor à cordes
Pour ses 40 ans, l’ensemble californien se produit encore mardi soir à Arras et publie un nouveau coffret chez Nonesuch.
Classical Music on Twitter
Philharmonic Society @RoyalPhilSoc Showing the immense personal impact of Chopin’s music, Channel 4’s ‘Chopin Saved My Life’ @OxfordFilmTV has been shortlisted #RPSMusicAwards
The Royal Opera @TheRoyalOpera ‘Tell me about your mother…’ To celebrate Freud’s birthday, how changing attitudes to his work have shaped opera http://www.roh.org.uk/news/how-to-stage-an-opera-freud-and-die-frau-ohne-schatten
YCAT @YCATrust Superstar @PianistJiLiu heads North to @sage_gateshead for an afternoon of Rzweski, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt – 11 May http://www.sagegateshead.com/event/ji-liu/
ACE National @ace_national We’re giving away 20 FREE places to cultural organisations at the 2014 @INFOTCCE Culture Capital Exchange Conference http://bit.ly/R7IPfN
The Telegraph