BACKIn today’s news, Cadogan Hall launches informal concert series, Sadiq Khan commits £1m extra funding to the London Borough of Culture, Ophélie Gaillard gets back her cello Francesco Gofriller cello, UK government announces news guidelines to protect consumers from ticket touts, browser-based music platform HQartist launches in the UK, boarding school leaders to lobby UK government to introduce laws compelling witnesses to report cases of sexual abuse, George London Awards given to 6 young singers, jazz violinist Didier Lockwood passes away at age 62, former Turkish conductor of the ISSO banned from leaving the country, Handel’s Ariodante to be heard for the first time at the VSO, Sylvain Cambreling signs contract with the HSO and Donizetti’s L’ange de Nisida to premiere in London in July.
Classical Music
Cadogan Hall launches informal concert series
The series of informal concerts will feature orchestras from its Zurich International Orchestra series.
Sadiq Khan announces extra funding for London Borough of Culture
The London Mayor has committed an extra £1m of funding to the London Borough of Culture award.
The Independent
Rare cello worth £1.2m returned to award-winning musician after knife robbery
Ophélie Gaillard was robbed of the on-loan cello, made by Venetian craftsman Franceso Gofriller in 1737, outside her home in the Parisian suburb of Pantin last Thursday.
M Magazine
New government guidelines strengthen secondary ticketing rules
The UK government announced new guidelines which will help protect consumers from being scammed by secondary ticketing sites.
Music Week
New event management platform launches in the UK
HQartist, a browser-based platform, aims to simplify the management of music events for venues artists, managers, bookers and promoters.
The Times
Boarding school leaders will lobby the government today to introduce laws compelling witnesses to report cases of sexual abuse.
The New York Times
George London Awards Given to Six Young Singers
Young singers who win the George London Awards not only take home $10,000 but also join an illustrious group of past recipients, including Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Matthew Polenzani.
Spiegel Online
Jazz-Geiger Didier Lockwood ist tot
Er nahm 35 Alben auf, komponierte Opern und gab 4500 Konzerte: Der französische Geiger Didier Lockwood, ein wichtiger Vertreter des französischen Jazz, ist im Alter von 62 Jahren gestorben.
Pizzicato
Türkischer Dirigent erhält Ausreiseverbot
Der 47-jährige türkische Dirigent Ibrahim Yazici, ein Opfer der Entlassungswelle in seinem Heimatland – er wurde 2017 vom Regime als Chefdirigent des Symphonieorchesters in Izmir entlassen -, darf nicht aus der Türkei ausreisen.
Klassik Heute
Händels “Ariodante” erstmals an der Wiener Staatsoper
Händels Ariodante erklingt am Samstag, 24. Februar 2018 erstmals an der Wiener Staatsoper – mit dieser Premiere kommt nach Alcina eine weitere Oper des Komponistenl ins Repertoire des Hauses am Ring. Händel komponierte sein „Dramma per musica in drei Akten“ für das Londoner Opernhaus Covent Garden zu einer Zeit, in der er heftigen Konkurrenzkämpfen ausgesetzt, finanziell gebeutelt und angeschlagen war.
BR Klassik
Neuer Chefdirigent für die Symphoniker Hamburg
Der Generalmusikdirektor der Oper Stuttgart, Sylvain Cambreling, hat am Sonntag in Hamburg seinen Vertrag als neuer Chefdirigent der Symphoniker Hamburg unterzeichnet. Der Franzose folgt zur Spielzeit 2018/19 auf Sir Jeffrey Tate, der am 2. Juni 2017 im Alter von 69 Jahren starb.
Repubblica
L’opera persa di Donizetti “L’Ange de Nisida” in scena per la prima volta a Londra
Il prossimo 18 luglio sarà rappresentata al Covent Garden. La partitura originale è stata ritrovata e ricomposta in un lavoro durato 8 anni dalla musicologa calabrese Candida Mantica.
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French cellist Ophelie Gaillard © AFP/Getty