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In today’s news, soprano Marlis Petersen says goodbye to Lulu, Jimi Hendrix forms double act with Handel at London museum & pianist Seong-Jin Cho is the newest classical music icon in Korea. Also, Stephen Kovacevich reveals how he ‘attuned to the dark side of life’
The Guardian
Jimi Hendrix forms double act with Handel at London museum
The guitarist’s restored 1960s flat will open to visitors next spring in a building adjoining the 18th-century composer’s former home
Telegraph
Stephen Kovacevich: ‘I’ve attuned to the dark side of life’
It may seem a surprising remark from this apparently otherworldly man, but it’s all of a piece with his labours every day at the piano
The Strad
Joshua Bell on performing and directing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto for the first time
The star soloist and Academy of St Martin in the Fields music director will perform and direct the work with the ensemble in London in November
New York Times
Classical Music This Week: The Met and the Mets, Female Conductors and Schiff’s Pedal
With the World Series starting tonight, the Metropolitan Opera got in on the action: Mr. Met, the team’s mascot, led members of the company’s orchestra and chorus in “Meet the Mets” this morning
The Nation
Pianist Cho, Korea’s newest classical music icon
SEOUL – Seong-Jin Cho, the winner of the Chopin piano competition, is a new classical music icon in Korea, setting recording history even before the release of his first solo album
nmz
Offenbar sind wir in der Lage, im Gemenge der auf uns einströmenden Schallwellen winzige Details wiederzuerkennen, unser Gehör im Nu „scharf“ auf sie einzustellen und so einen musikalischen Komplex zu isolieren, der „eigentlich“ doch gar nicht hörbar sein dürfte. Wie gelingt uns das?
Klassik.com
Ehrenpreis der Deutschen Musical Akademie für Peter Weck
Der österreichische Autor, Produzent frühere Intendant der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien, Peter Weck, ist mit dem Ehrenpreis der Deutschen Musical Akademie ausgezeichnet worden. Weck wurde damit für seine herausragenden Leistungen im Musical-Bereich gewürdigt
Pizzicato
Roberto Minczuk gibt künstlerische Leitung des Brasilianischen Symphonieorchesters ab
Der umstrittene Dirigent Roberto Minczuk hat nach monatelangen Querelen den Posten des Künstlerischen Leiters beim Brasilianischen Symphonieorchester aufgegeben, bleibt aber Chefdirigent
The New York Times
Soprano Marlis Petersen Is Saying Goodbye to Lulu
Quitting while ahead is never easy, but walking away while on top is truly rare. So it was startling to hear Marlis Petersen, the German soprano who reigns in the daunting title role of Berg’s “Lulu”
South China Morning Post
Bassist prejudice: Hong Kong’s MTR eases ban on cellos, larger musical instruments still not allowed
Trial scheme allows for registered instruments to be carried aboard, but larger guzheng and double bass will remain banned from trains
BBC Music Magazine @MusicMagazine : Very sad to hear of the death of organ builder Peter Collins. An incredible craftsman and a wonderful man.
Classic FM @ClassicFM : 9 problems only music teachers will understand: http://classfm.co/xytXMz
Hendrix rented the attic flat at 23 Brook Street, in the centre, long after Handel lived next door. The two buildings have since been knocked together. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA/The Guardian