BACKIn today’s news: A weekend of celebratory concerts to mark Royal Northern Orchestra’s 60th anniversary. British music’s annual trade mission to India is set for 21 to 24 August. Opera writer and director Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttiron on #echochamber. Why concert hall private boxes in Italy have a bad reputation. How are opera stars really cast? House arrest for Russian opera director Kirill Serebrennikov extended. Chopin is having a moment.
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Royal Northern Sinfonia announces 60th anniversary season
The 2018-19 season will open on Friday 21 September, coinciding with the chamber orchestra’s 60th anniversary weekend.
M Magazine
BPI’s Chris Tams on opportunities in India for UK music
British music’s annual trade mission to India is set for 21 to 24 August, providing an open door for independent businesses to explore commercial opportunities in the world’s seventh largest economy.
Diva Magazine
Putting queer characters centre stage in opera
Operatic writer and director Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttir talks queer characters and how she came to create #echochamber.
The Independent
Jules Buckley: the man bringing grime and disco to the concert hall
The composer and conductor has worked with everyone from Arctic Monkeys to Stormzy, and filled the Royal Albert Hall with the sounds of Ibiza. But he’s still trying to win over the sceptics.
Music Ally
Music-streaming services now 8% of audio listening in the UK
British communications regulator Ofcom has published a new report, Media Nations, which is making headlines with its claim that TV-streaming services have now overtaken traditional pay-television in the UK. The report also claims that music-streaming services now account for 8% of all audio listening in the UK – and 29% for 15-24 year-olds.
The Wall Street Journal
With TV, Books and Film, Chopin Is Having a Moment
The 19th-century pianist, whose sonatas, waltzes and other works defined the Romantic era, is back in the spotlight.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Warum Privatsphäre in Theatern verschrien ist
Lange ist es her, als sich die mächtigen Persönlichkeiten Italiens in den privaten Logen der prunkvollen Theater trafen. Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen sind die exponierten Plätze heute meist leer.
Die Welt
Wie werden eigentlich Opernstars gecastet?
Der Norweger Pål Christian Moe ist der „Casting-Guru“ der Opernszene – er entscheidet, welche Sänger in welchen Stücken auftreten. Was tut man, wenn der Star in letzter Minute abspringt? Ein Gespräch.
klassik.com
Hausarrest für Regisseur Kirill Serebrennikow erneut verlängert
Ein Moskauer Gericht hat den gegen Regisseur Kirill Serebrennikow verhängten Hausarrest erneut verlängert.
El País
La industria musical catalana deja la crisis
La industria musical catalana ha salido de la crisis de forma definitiva gracias a la reconversión profunda del sector.
Congratulations to Vladimir #Ashkenazy on his appointment to Conductor Laureate of @sydsymph in recognition of his 50 year association with the Orchestra. In 2019 he launches a three-year artistic cycle, “Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Masterworks” w/ the orchestra https://t.co/SzvcxzDB1K
— HarrisonParrott (@HarrisonParrott) July 18, 2018
Royal Northern Sinfonia