BACKThe Telegraph
Proms 2012: top classical musicians pick their favourite Prom
Mark Elder, Tamsin Little, Sarah Connolly and more pick the Proms 2012 they are most looking forward to.
The Independent
‘Ow’ Liza and the BBC Proms is doing ‘My Fair Lady’?
Eliza Doolittle will screech in Cockney and sing posh as the quintessential London musical “My Fair Lady” makes its BBC Proms debut on Saturday in a lavish production that owes a debt to Hollywood.
BBC Music Magazine
The BBC Proms kick off tonight at the Royal Albert Hall with a world premiere performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Canon Fever.
LA Times
Singers brave heat wave for Philip Glass premiere in Times Square
Happy returns for Glassmost took place recently with a performance in Times Square. His 1997 opera “Monsters of Grace” was reworked into a piece for soloist and an eight-part chorus commissioned by NPR.
Arts Journal – Slipped Disc
Koreans come first and third in Vienna singing contest
A 22 year-old tenor Beomjin Kim took first prize and soprano Sang-Ah Yoon came third in the 31st Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.
Deutsche Grammophon signs Canadian star
It was only a matter of time before a label locked on to Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the first Canadian conductor to achieve international renown.
Gramophone
Maxime Tortelier named Bournemouth Symphony young conductor in association
Son of Yan Pascal Tortelier to work closely with BSO’s Kirill Karabits .
