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In today’s news, 11 year old Curtis Elton is the youngest person to get a LTCL diploma from Trinity College, harsh critics of the BBC Proms and Carolyn Sampson talks about the about the music that inspires her. The Strad talks to Amnon Weinstein who restored the collection of instruments performed by Jewish musicians during the Nazi regime. Elsewhere, the winners of the International Opera Awards are announced. The discussion about a new concert hall in Munich seems to never end as new plans came up recently. Lachenmann wins Germany’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Daniel Barenboim states that he is not the right candidate for the Berlin Philharmonic.
The Telegraph
Boy, 11, youngest person in world to get music degree
Child prodigy Curtis Elton awarded LTCL diploma from Trinity College London after learning piano from age of three having failed twice on Britain’s Got Talent
The Guardian
The Proms’ problem isn’t the programming, it’s the lack of imagination
Critics of this year’s lineup bemoaning events such as the club music prom are missing the point. The BBC Proms is no longer about music; it’s about the Proms
Facing the Music: Carolyn Sampson
From George Michael and Wagner to … Wham! Soprano Carolyn Sampson on the music that inspires her
The Strad
Holocaust-era ‘Violins of Hope’ to be performed and exhibited in Cleveland
The collection of instruments performed by Jewish musicians during the Nazi regime was restored by Amnon Weinstein
Classical Music Magazine
International Opera Awards announced
The winners of the International Opera Awards 2015 were announced in a ceremony at the Savoy Theatre hosted by Richard E. Grant.
Sinfini
The polls are in, and key voter issues in the run-up to the 2015 UK general election include music education, air support for cellists, and highlighter pens.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Die peinigende Diskussion um einen neuen Münchner Konzertsaal erinnerte zuletzt an ritualisierte Katastrophenschutzübungen. Im Rathaus oder in der Staatskanzlei zündet man Bombenideen – und der Rest der Welt bringt sich in Deckung, weil die Ideen eher die Wirkung von Mörsergranaten als von Lösungsvorschlägen hätten.
Der Tagesspiegel
Neuer Konzertsaal im Olympiapark geplant
München soll einen neuen Konzertsaal bekommen – im Olympiapark auf dem Areal des heutigen Eissportzentrums. Angeblich soll der Bau möglichst schnell angegangen werden.
pizzicato
Lachenmann mit Deutschem Musikautorenpreis ausgezeichnet
Der Deutsche Musikautorenpreis in der Kategorie Lebenswerk wird in diesem Jahr an Helmut Lachenmann für sein über fünfzigjähriges musikalisches Schaffen als Komponist, Kompositionslehrer und Begründer der Stilrichtung ‘Musique concrète instrumentale’ verliehen.
El Mundo
Daniel Barenboim: ‘no soy candidato’
La Orquesta votará a su nuevo director el próximo 11 de mayo
ArtsJournal
Detroit Symphony Staffers Help Bring Sacramento Philharmonic Back From The Dead
After a year in the dark, the Sacramento Philharmonic has announced an aggressive return to performing, with a seven-concert season for 2015-16.
The Strad Video: @Craigleon describes his recent Bach to Moog project, featuring #violinist Jennifer Pike @ViolinJenny http://bit.ly/1A5NAXb
SZ Kultur Die realistische Idee, Münchens neuen Konzertsaal im Olympiapark zu erbauen, ist ein Befreiungsschlag: http://sz.de/1.2454649
klassik.com Cellist Pablo Ferrández erhält Förderpreis des Rheingau Musikfestivals #Cello #Festival http://klassik.com/?528sU
At a point of transition: the 2015 BBC Proms, (l to r) Evelyn Glennie, Danielle de Niese, Katie Derham and Nicholas Collon. Photograph: Andrew Hayes-Watkins/BBC