BACKIn today’s news: The Royal Opera House has announced the five singers who will join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in September and the London A Cappella Festival has named choirmaster and broadcaster Gareth Malone OBE as its patron. Also, Nando’s has opened a music studio in London and there are new allegations against Kirill Serebrennikow.
Classical Music
Sony Music Entertainment appoints new head of masterworks
Sony Music Entertainment has appointed Sarah Thwaites as its new head of masterworks UK.
Alisa Weilerstein signs to Pentatone
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein has signed with Pentatone.
Opera Now
ROH announces Jette Parker Young Artists for 2018
The Royal Opera House has announced the five singers who will join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in September.
Choir and Organ
London A Cappella Festival names Gareth Malone as patron
The London A Cappella Festival has named choirmaster and broadcaster Gareth Malone OBE as its patron.
NME
Chicken and tunes: Nando’s has opened a music studio in London
Nando’s has opened a music studio at one of their main London restaurants, giving budding musicians the chance to lay down their own tracks while chowing down on chicken.
Wired
Music in VR needs its iTunes moment… and this could be it
MelodyVR has recorded thousands of hours of music in virtual reality. It’s almost ready to release them to the world.
Limelight
Nominations for the 2017 Matilda Awards announced
Merlynn Tong’s Blue Bones leads the count with seven nominations, with Ruddigore, Joh for PM and He Dreamed a Train close behind.
nmz
Deutscher Kulturrat / FAZ: AfD will Vorsitz des Kulturausschusses im Bundestag übernehmen
Der Deutsche Kulturrat appelliert eindringlich an CDU/CSU, SPD, Grüne, Linke und FDP zu verhindern, dass die AfD den Vorsitz des Kulturausschusses erhält.
Klassik.com
Vorwürfe gegen Regisseur Kirill Serebrennikow werden ausgeweitet
Die russischen Behörden haben die Summe, deren Veruntreuung sie dem Regisseur Kirill Serebrennikow vorwerfen, fast verdoppelt.
pizzicato
Berliner Staatsoper will Video-Streaming einführen
Die Berliner Staatsoper ‘Unter den Linden’ will ein neues Publikum gewinnen, unter anderem über Video-Streaming, Jugendangebote und eine ‘Opern-Flatrate’.
Platea Magazine
A la venta la casa museo de Mstislav Rostropovich en Oremburgo
El propietario privado de la actual casa museo de la familia Rostropovich en Oremburgo, lugar donde el joven y mítico violonchelista se refugió durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, de 1941 a 1943, ha anunciado que pone a la venta el inmueble con todos los muebles, utensilios y objetos personales del músico tras no llegar a un acuerdo con las instituciones públicas rusas.
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