BACKIn today’s news: Restoration of Beethoven Concert Hall in Bonn to be more expensive than anticipated. Take a look at how Europe’s opera houses have won over under-30 audiences. Musical director and composer Samuel Adler who fled under Nazi rule returns to Berlin on visit. Fresh crisis at English National Opera as key figure quits. Why musicians struggle with mental health problems. Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition – take a look at what is in store. YouTube music now available in UK.
Wall Street Journal
How Europe’s Opera Houses Won Over Millennials
With an escape game and networking events, La Scala and the Paris Opera are attracting under-30 audiences.
Limelight
Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
Sixteen ensembles will battle it out in Melbourne this July. We take a look at what’s in store for competitors and audiences at one of the world’s great chamber music launching pads.
The Guardian
Fresh crisis at English National Opera as key figure quits
Rhinegold
University of Glasgow Chapel Choir honour former director
The University of Glasgow Chapel Choir has released a new recording, We Were Glad, in memory of former director Dr Stuart Campbell.
The Guardian
Perfectionism and poverty: why musicians struggle with mental health
Mental illness claims the lives of too many in music. A new helpline seeks to change that.
iNews
NHS at 70: How Art, from Andy Warhol to Brian Eno, has helped to heal patients
Introducing uplifting art into that environment brings therapeutic benefits for both staff and patients, the NHS has long recognised.
What Hi Fi
YouTube Music is now available in the UK…
Last month, YouTube announced a new, Spotify-rivalling music streaming service that looks set to replace Google Play Music. And now it has launched in the UK, as well as sixteen other countries including US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Sweden.
Pizzicato
Sanierung der Beethovenhalle Bonn wird noch teurer
Die Kostenspirale bei der Sanierung der Beethovenhalle dreht sich weiter. Die aktuelle Kostenberechnung belaufe sich auf rund 84 Millionen Euro, teilte die Stadt mit.
Klassik Heute
Wiener Staatsoper trauert um Hubert Deutsch
Die Wiener Staatsoper trauert um ihren ehemaligen Vizedirektor Reg. Rat. Professor Hubert Deutsch, der am Samstag, 16. Juni 2018 im Alter von 93 Jahren in Wien verstorben ist.
Der Tagesspiegel
Die Nazis verbrannten die Partituren seines Vaters, die Familie floh in die USA. Jetzt ist der Komponist und Dirigent Samuel Adler zu Besuch in Berlin.
Le Monde
La Sacem déploie ses trésors en ligne
La société des auteurs de musique a créé un musée virtuel pour mettre en valeur ses archives.
At 8pm on Classic FM, @RobcCowan is featuring two hours of classical masterpieces, but not on the instrument you were expecting – including Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, from star violist David Aaron Carpenter. pic.twitter.com/Sv5E1KJNyf
— Classic FM (@ClassicFM) June 19, 2018
University of Glasgow Chapel (c) Rhinegold