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Guardian
Songs of exiles: rescuing ‘degenerate music’ from the shadows
The Nazi campaign against so-called ‘degenerate music’, saw works by such composers as Weill, Schoenberg and Hindemith denounced and suppressed. More than 70 years later, much of this music is still unknown. Baritone Peter Brathwaite on his mission to bring it to a new audience.
Telegraph
Injured violinist spent 10 years playing music in her head
The virtuoso Kyung Wha-Chung, who lost the use of her finger in 2005, will play her first London concert in a decade at the Royal Festival Hall in December
Classical Music Magazine
Dartington announces first programme under Joanna MacGregor’s leadership
Dartington International Summer School has announced the fullprogramme of events and classes for its 2015 season, which runs from 1 to 29 August. It will be the first edition of the annual summer school to be overseen by new artistic director Joanna MacGregor.
BBC Music Magazine
The Really Big Chorus to usher in the festive season with double Messiah
4,000 singers will mark The Really Big Chorus’s 40th anniversary
The Strad
Amsterdam’s Dudok Quartet wins Kersjes Prize 2014, worth €50,000
The group was praised by the jury for its ‘intense, impassioned playing’
Pizzicato
Fusion von Staatsmusiktheater und Moskauer Philharmonikern
Das nationale russische Staatsmusiktheater, das ehemalige Theater Vladimir Nazarov, soll gegen den Widerstand der Theaterleitung und des Personals mit den Moskauer Philharmonikern fusioniert werden.
Klassik.com
Mammutprojekt zum 250. Beethoven-Geburtstag
Die Bonner Pianistin Susanne Kessel hat Komponisten aus aller Welt dazu aufgerufen, insgesamt 250 Klavierstücke mit Bezug zu Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) zu komponieren.
Musik Heute
Essener Philharmoniker erweitern Besuche in JeKi-Grundschulen
Instrumentalisten der Essener Philharmoniker erweitern ihre Besuche in Grundschulen der Stadt.
Codex Flores
Der Ursprung musikalischer Hörfähigkeiten
In einer drei Jahre dauernden Studie ist ein Team der Basler Hochschule für Musik der Frage nachgegangen, ob die speziellen musikalischen Hörfähigkeiten von Musikern Resultat von Veranlagung oder von Training (oder eines Zusammenwirkens beider Komponenten) sind.
Pizzicato
Algiers To Open Opera House In 2015
The Opera of Algiers, in construction since November 2012 in the southwest suburb of the capital, will be delivered in July 2015.
El Mundo
Plácido Domingo: ‘No vivo de las rentas, sino de mi esfuerzo y mi trabajo cotidiano’
No está claro si Plácido Domingo tiene 73 años o tiene 37.
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4,000 singers will mark The Really Big Chorus’s 40th anniversary. Photo: Don & Ann Monro