BACKIn today’s news Help Musicians UK and Women in Music have announced a partnership, and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition connects local students with world-class musicians. Tête à Tête have announced the programme for their 2017 summer festival, and Classic FM shares a video of a bear playing the piano!
The Strad
Violinist Benjamin Bowman named Metropolitan Opera Orchestra concertmaster
The American-Canadian violinist will share his role with current Met Orchestra concertmaster David Chan for an initial one-year term
Opera Now
Tête à Tête announces 2017 summer opera festival
Tête à Tête’s summer opera festival will include child-friendly operas, reality television in opera-form, and an albatross task force
Classical Music Magazine
Help Musicians UK and Women in Music announce partnership
Help Musicians UK (HMUK) and Women in Music (WIM) have announced a partnership as the latter organisation launches its first European chapters
Third Sector
Royal Opera House pension deficit more than doubled last year
According to its newest accounts, for the year to 28 August 2016, the pension liability went up from £16.9m to £35.7m
Classic FM
An actual BEAR broke into someone’s house and played piano
A bear broke into a house in Colorado and gave us his best Bearthoven impression
Texas Public Radio
This Van Cliburn Program Connects Students With Renowned Pianists And Classical Music
Organizers of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition bring world-class pianists to Fort Worth not only to compete on stage but also to introduce classical music to local students through the Adopt-A-Competitor program
Der Tagesspiegel
Isang Yuns 100. Geburtstag: Mit Tönen pinseln
Der koreanische Komponist Isang Yun hat Berlins Musikszene geprägt. Begegnung mit seinem Schüler Toshio Hosokawa, vor dem 100. Geburtstag
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Das Maschinenherz schlägt wieder
Konzertsaal, Theater, Museum, Jazzclub und Speisen mit Aussicht: Das von Jörg Friedrich entworfene Dresdner Kulturquartier „Kraftwerk Mitte“ gibt der Stadt ein neues Zentrum
pizzicato.lu
Wiener Philharmoniker als Kreuzfahrt-Orchester
Wenn am 7. September die MS Artania in Bremerhaven die Leinen loslegt, sind große Namen mit an Bord: Franz Welser-Möst, Piotr Beczala, Wang Juanjuan und die Wiener Philharmoniker
El mundo
Ara Malikian: “La música clásica está estancada en un mundo cerrado”
El violinista recorre toda España y medio mundo con ‘La increíble gira del violín’, en la que cuenta la historia ‘personal’ de su instrumento
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