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In today’s news, Vienna State Opera extends its live streaming service, and the 2015 BBC Radio 3 auction in aid of BBC Children in Need offers the chance to own handwritten manuscripts by living composers. Also, The Guardian scolds John Humphrys’ remark about the price of opera tickets, arguing that it’s time to scotch this cliche
The Guardian
It’s time to scotch the cliche that opera tickets are too expensive
John Humphrys is just the latest to repeat the myth that opera tickets are prohibitively expensive. Look at the figures. In fact, opera houses offer tickets that are among the cheapest for any live event in the country
Classical Music Magazine
Vienna State Opera extends live streaming service
Vienna State Opera is expanding its offer to cable and satellite television, users of Apple TV and Amazon’s Kindle Fire devices, as well as discussing bringing other opera companies on to its platform, while dramatically cutting its subscription prices
Classical Source
The 2015 BBC Radio 3 auction in aid of BBC Children in Need offers the public a chance to own a piece of musical history
The Strad
Chicago Symphony Orchestra appoints two new violists
Sunghee Choi and Youming Chen join the orchestra from the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Kansas City Symphony respectively
KlassikAkzente
Multimediales Musikerlebnis – Die Apple TV Klassik App
Zusammen mit dem Apple TV der 4. Generation hat Apple einen eigenen App Store für den Fernseher gelauncht. Für die so entstandene neue Plattform haben Touchpress und DG die erste Klassik App für den TV entwickelt
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Schlagzeuger Simone Rubino erhält Credit Suisse Young Artist Award
Der Schlagzeuger Simone Rubino erhält den diesjährigen Credit Suisse Young Artist Award. Die Jury unter Vorsitz von Michael Haefliger, Intendant von ‘Lucerne Festival’, vergab den mit CHF 75.000 zum neunten Mal
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Douglas Lilburn, dessen Geburtstag sich am 2. November zum hundertsten Mal jährt, war nicht nur Neuseelands überragender Komponist, sondern ein Meister von universellem Karat, eine singuläre Stimme in der unglaublichen Vielfalt der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts
The New York Times
BalletNext and Abraham.In.Motion Experiment With Jazz
BalletNext, was having its first rehearsal with the Tom Harrell Quintet, and the musicians were playing something a little different from the recording that the dancers had been practicing to for weeks
San Francisco Classical Voice
Young San Franciscian Herding Music in Mongolia
It’s a globe-girding exercise to follow Dimitri Staszewski’s travels from San Francisco to Mongolia, where he is studying the country’s ancient music, contributing to its preservation
ABRSM @ABRSM : Good luck to everyone taking their Music Theory exam today!! Here are ten tips for exam day! http://bit.ly/1DJJcR8
Royal Opera House @RoyalOperaHouse : If you’re based in the USA have a look at our cinema website for details of what’s showing near you ^E http://bit.ly/1H4IVO7 #ROHfigaro
Carmen at the Royal Opera House. The cheapest seats for the current production are £11. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/for the Guardian