BACKIn today’s news: Dubai and BBC Proms strike for the globalisation of classical music, Maestro Anton Coppolla (100) leads Opera Tampa in concert, finalists for Windsor Festival International String announced, Spotify signs new licensing deals, New Bedford Symphony Picks Israeli Conductor, an interview with Generalmusikdirektor of Deutschen Oper Berlin Donald Runnicles, and International Bach Academy will perform on Bach’s 332 birthday on next Tuesday. Wednesday was a big day for the New York Philharmonic, both onstage and in its offices, and Nottingham elementary school student Matthew Smith is dreaming of conducting his own orchestra.
The National
Dubai and BBC Proms strike a chord for the globalisation of classical music
In Nairobi, children kick a football down the street pretending to be Ronaldo. In London, K-pop is on MTV. And in an Abu Dhabi mall, a queue forms outside the latest bubble-tea cafe. We have all become familiar with the continuous creep of globalisation. So it’s not surprising that, like other industries, classical music hasn’t been left behind.
Musicalchairs
100 Year Old Conductor, Maestro Anton Coppola to Lead Opera Tampa in Concert, 3/25
March 21, 2017 marks the 100th birthday of Maestro Anton Coppola, the conductor and composer whose career has spanned from singing in the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus for the American premiere of Puccini’s Turandot at age 9 to – 91 years later – conducting his own an alternate ending for Puccini’s unfinished masterpiece, one of two new works to be premiered on March 25th at Coppola Conducts: 100 Years Young.
The Strad
Windsor Festival International String Competition names three finalists
The sixth Windsor Festival International String Competition has announced the three violinists selected to perform in tomorrow’s final, held in the Waterloo Chamber of Windsor Castle, UK.
Music Business Worldwide
Spotify to sign new licensing deals with major labels ‘within weeks’?
It’s been nearly two years since Spotify fell out of a long-term licensing deal with Universal Music Group.
Rhinegold
Britten-Pears Foundation appoints Sir Vernon Ellis as chair
The Britten–Pears Foundation has appointed Sir Vernon Ellis as its new chair. He will succeed Nick Prettejohn, who is to step down in early June after eight years in post.
Pizzicato
New Bedford Symphony Picks Israeli Conductor
The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra (Massachusetts) has announced Yaniv Dinur as its new music director.
Der Tagesspiegel
„Wagner machte mich zu dem, der ich bin“
Abschied von Götz Friedrichs „Ring“: Donald Runnicles, Generalmusikdirektor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, über alte und neue Nibelungen, die Liebe zu Benjamin Britten und seine Vertragsverlängerung
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Er spielt Beethoven und Strawinsky, nebenbei entwirft er Schuhe und Parfums. Theodor Currentzis gilt als Ausnahme unter den Dirigenten und reist mit eigenem Ensemble.
concerti
Am 21.3.2017 feiert Johann Sebastian Bach seinen 332. Geburtstag. Die Internationale Bachakademie begeht diesen Tag mit der Aufführung eines seiner bedeutendsten Werke, der „h-Moll-Messe“
The New York Times
New Concerto, New Leader: A Big Day at the New York Philharmonic
Wednesday was a big day for the New York Philharmonic, both onstage and in its offices.
WQXR.org
This 11-Year-Old British Boy is Set to Make his Conducting Debut (Video)
While his fellow 11-year-olds are playing video games or daring one another to eat stomach-churning food combinations, Nottingham elementary school student Matthew Smith is dreaming of conducting his own orchestra.
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