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In today’s news, European Union Youth Orchestra announces to cease operations from 1 September 2016, opera shows diverse incarnations in New York festival and the Pianist producer Gene Gutowski dies aged 90. Also, Yo-Yo Ma gets a Galician bagpipe and a violin to make beautiful music and Opera Philadelphia shows how to bring young audience to their productions.
European Youth Orchestra
European Union Youth Orchestra to cease operations from 1 September 2016
The European Union Youth Orchestra, a world renowned institution celebrating its fortieth year as a cultural ambassador for the EU, is to cease operations from September 2016 due to a lack of funding from the European Union.
Daily Mail
In New York festival, opera shows diverse incarnations
New York is famous for the Metropolitan Opera but the city is home to more than 50 smaller opera companies, performing everywhere from parks to bars to private homes.
BBC News
The Pianist producer Gene Gutowski dies aged 90
Gene Gutowski, a Polish-US Holocaust survivor who produced Roman Polanski’s The Pianist, has died at the age of 90.
Classical-music.com
2014 competition winner Martin James Bartlett gives this year’s finalists some advice
Public Radio International
How Yo-Yo Ma gets a Galician bagpipe and a violin to make beautiful music together
Yo-Yo Ma doesn’t wait for musicians to come collaborate with him. He sends scouts around the world to find them.
The Bucks Herald
Help needed to solve Second World War mystery of hidden trombone
A historic trombone which was hidden by members of the Buckinghamshire Batallion during the Second World War is still shrouded in mystery, and historians need your help to solve it.
Billy Penn
Almost half of Opera Philly’s audience is under 35: Here’s how they did it
Opera Philadelphia is not your average opera company.
WQXR
New Version of ‘Appalachian Spring’ Completes What Copland Began
When Aaron Copland composed the ballet Appalachian Spring for Martha Graham’s eponymous company, he wrote the work for a 13-piece chamber orchestra. In May, a new full-orchestral version will receive its world premiere.
Codex flores
Tod des österreichischen Geigers Klaus Maetzl
Klaus Maetzl, Mitgründer des Alban-Berg-Quartetts und von 1967 bis 1970 Konzertmeister der Wiener Symphoniker, ist im Alter von 75 Jahren verstorben.
Musik heute
Riccardo Muti nach zwölf Jahren wieder an der Scala
Der italienische Dirigent Riccardo Muti tritt zwölf Jahre nach seinem stürmischen Abschied wieder an der Mailänder Scala auf.
nmz
Oper trifft Broadway – Salzburger Pfingstfestpiele zeigen Musical
Ein Musical bei den Salzburger Festspielen? Das hat es noch nie gegeben. Doch dieses Jahr ist es soweit, wenn die Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele am 13. Mai mit Leonard Bernsteins Broadway-Klassiker «West Side Story» starten.
Stereo
High End 2016: weniger Publikum, mehr Fachbesucher
Trotz des schönen Wetters besuchten 19.490 Menschen die High End 2016 – das sind 6 % weniger als im Vorjahr.
Deutscher Musikrat
Der „Tag der Musik“, eine bundesweite Initiative des Deutschen Musikrates, setzt ein Zeichen für den Schutz und die Förderung der Kulturellen Vielfalt in Deutschland und betont den hohen Wert der Musik.
Bamberg Symphony @bambergsymphony #funfact about Valentin Uryupin: He is almost 7 feet (around 2 meters), the podium was taken out especially for his turn #TheMahlerCompetition
EUYO @EUYOtweets #EuropeanUnion Youth #Orchestra to cease operations from 1 September 2016 http://bit.ly/1TcmI34
KulturPort.De @kultur_port_de #Magazin – Kent Nagano und die Suche nach inhaltlicher Wahrheit in der Musik http://tinyurl.com/hvzdmxo
European Union Youth Orchestra to cease operations from 1 September 2016. Photo: www.euyo.eu