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Who were the big classical winners of last night’s 2014 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards?
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Birtwistle makes it five as RPS awards are announced
Sir Harrison Birtwistle has become the most honoured musician in RPS Awards history, adding a fifth with this year’s win of the Chamber-Scale Composition award for The Moth Requiem (first performed in the UK by the BBC Singers at the 2013 Proms).
New York Times – Artsbeat
Met Orchestra Authorizes Strike Vote if Talks Fail
This weekend the musicians in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra wore buttons during performances to call attention to the fact that the opera house is seeking concessions from them in contract talks.
Classic FM Online
Michael Giacchino to compose Jurassic World soundtrack
Michael Giacchino will compose the soundtrack for Jurassic World, the forthcoming fourth instalment in the Jurassic Park movie franchise, due for release in 2015.
The Epoch Times
Mondomusica Brings Stringed-Instrument Making to New York
New York has become a new center for the prestigious Mondomusica show. It features 164 exhibitors from 14 countries and is also held yearly in Cremona, Italy—the birthplace of the Cremonese violin-making masters.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Eine Übersicht über den Festspielsommer in Deutschland und Europa, zusammengestellt von der Reiseredaktion der F.A.Z.
Der Tagesspiegel
Warum sitzt das Publikum auf dem Trockenen?
Concerti
„Ich weiß nicht, wer ich bin!“
Der polnische Pianist Piotr Anderszewski spricht über sein Sabbatical, die Risiken der Rückkehr und Heimatgefühle
Klassik.com
Sopranistin Nora Friedrichs gewinnt Stella Maris-Gesangswettbewerb
Die Sopranistin Nora Friedrichs hat den Publikumspreis im “Stella Maris”-Gesangswettbewerb an Bord der MS Europa gewonnen.
Händel-Festspiele Halle bis 2017 finanziell gesichert
Die Händel-Festspiele Halle sind durch die Zusage des Landes über Subventionen bis zum Jahr 2017 finanziell gesichert. Sachsen-Anhalts Ministerpräsident Reiner Haseloff und Kultusminister Stephan Dorgerloh versprachen der Stiftung Händel-Haus jährlich bis zu 511.300 Euro an Zuwendungen.
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Benjamin Britten @BrittenOfficial Thrilled: Britten 100 wins the @RoyalPhilSoc audiences & engagement award. For all who helped celebrate the centenary
Help Musicians UK @HelpMusiciansUK It’s Mental Health Awareness Week! @ukbapam Counselling Psychologist Dr Carol Chapman shares her tips for musicians http://bit.ly/1gCSfWU
Barbican Centre @BarbicanCentre Do you have a question for Harrison Birtwistle? Tweet #AskBirtwistle as @Boosey_London host a Twitter Q&A this Friday 1.30pm #Birtwistleat80
Arts Professional @ArtsPro #APNews: Artists’ Union England launches to challenge “economic inequalities in the art world” http://bit.ly/1mUYN6V
Jessica Duchen @jessicaduchen My piece for Indy about BBC Young Musicians 2014 frustrations: why won’t they let us hear the music properly? http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/bbc-young-musicians-2014-forget-the-format-give-us-the-music-9364814.html
Classical Today @ClassicalToday Apple’s $3.2 billion wake up call to classical music + MORE http://bit.ly/1jiF7pJ
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