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Guardian
Ice and fire: the classical music scene in Iceland
Iceland’s composers and musicians are busy breaking down the barriers between classical and popular genres. And now they have a spanking new concert hall to experiment in
Facing the Music: Willard White
The bass-baritone answers our questions about his musical tastes on and off the concert platform
Telegraph
Why Beethoven has got cardiologists’ hearts racing
Did Beethoven’s arrhythmia influence his greatest works? Ivan Hewett investigates
BBC Music Magazine
Study suggests that some emotional responses to music are universal
Do rainforest tribes react in the same way as city dwellers to the music of Star Wars?
New York Post
An opera singer on life after she was fired for being ‘too fat’
Renowned opera singer Deborah Voigt made headlines in 2004 after a London opera company fired her for being “too fat.”
Die Welt
Das Drama der Sitzplätze in deutschen Theatern
Gedankenfreiheit? Bewegungsfreiheit! Wer im Theater seine Beine nicht mehr spürt, der kann sich auch der Kunst nicht hingeben.
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Von Klängen getrieben und getragen
Im Jahr 2012 gewann der Komponist Georg Katzer den Deutschen Musikautorenpreis in der Kategorie “Komposition experimentelle Musik”.
Codex Flores
«Je suis Charlie» – die Freiheit der Kunst ist unantastbar
Die Theater und Orchester in Deutschland verurteilen aufs Schärfste den brutalen Anschlag auf Charlie Hebdo und trauern an der Seite der Angehörigen um die getöteten Mitarbeiter dieser Zeitschrift und die getöteten Polizisten.
Le Monde
La culture à la portée de tous ?
Le 14 janvier, la Philharmonie de Paris ouvrira ses portes dans le parc de La Villette.
Pizzicato
Conductor Chaslin Went On Strike At Israeli Opera
French conductor Frédéric Chaslin refused to conduct at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, after the management denied his demand for a short commemoration of the victims of the terror attacks in France last week.
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Philharmonic hall of Paris,
photo: Patrick Tourneboeuf