BACKIn today’s news: Winners of 2017 BBC Proms Inspire Competition announced, and conductor Riccardo Muti to lead joint Italian and Iranian orchestral concerts. Final spurt at the construction site of the Staatsoper Berlin, and musicians at the G20 summit.
Music Teacher
Winners of 2017 BBC Proms Inspire Competition announced
Five young composers have won across three categories in this year’s competition. They will have their compositions performed at the BBC Prom in 2018, and they also win a broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and a bbc commission throughout the 17/18 season.
The Strad
Conductor Riccardo Muti to lead joint Italian and Iranian orchestral concerts
Celebrating 20 years of Muti’s ‘Roads of Friendship’ initiative, the performances by Italian and Iranian musicians take place in Tehran on 6 July and in Ravenna on 8 July
Cmuse
Saxophonist Floats Paper Inside Saxophone
Check out this cool trick by saxophonist and hobbyist, David Pope. He put a video of a piece of paper floating mid-air inside the bell of a saxophone.
Pizzicato
Denis Matsuev cancels concerts due to exhaustion
Under his doctor’s orders, Russian Pianist Denis Matsuev, 42, had to reduce his schedule due to exhaustion and therefore withdraw from several concerts during summer.
Berliner Morgenpost
Endspurt auf der Baustelle der Staatsoper Unter den Linden
In der Staatsoper Unter den Linden wird Optimismus verbreitet: Die Handwerker versichern, Ende Juli fertig zu sein.
NMZ
Dünne moralische Luft auf dem Gipfel
Orchestermusiker sind auch nur Bürger in Uniform, sie haben zu exerzieren, was man ihnen auf die Pulte stellt, was ein Regisseur ihnen vorinszeniert.
Klassik.com
Richard-Strauss-Festival 2017 zieht positive Bilanz
Das Richard-Strauss-Festival hat eine positive Bilanz der diesjährigen Festspielausgabe gezogen. Die binnen sieben Festivaltagen 25 ausgerichteten Veranstaltungen wurden von knapp 7.000 Zuschauern besucht.
BBC News
The sisters who have sung in the same church choir for 80 years
A pair of sisters have been singing in their church choir for more than 80 years.
BBC Music Magazine @MusicMagazine
