BACKThe Guardian
Tod Machover: how to crowdsource a symphony
Can music repair damaged tissue? Is it possible to hear it through another person’s ears? If anyone knows, it’s Tod Machover. As he prepares to create an innovative symphony for Edinburgh, Charlotte Higgins meets the music professor
The Guardian
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet player interview: ‘I was a crazy Spice Girls fan
Norwegian trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth tells Adam Sweeting how she plays everything from Bach to the Beach Boys, and looks at the strange rituals of classical music with an inquiring eye.
The New York Times
A Challenge Grant From Weills to Spur Carnegie Hall Renovation
Carnegie Hall has received a $10 million challenge grant from its chairman, Sanford I. Weill, and his wife, Joan, and their Weill Family Foundation toward the completion of its $230 million renovation.
Classic FM
Mice play lullabies by Mozart, Brahms and Schubert
Lullabies by Mozart, Brahms and Schubert were performed by mice in a performance installation by the experimental musical duo Quiet Ensemble.
Music Week
IFPI slams EU piracy study as ‘flawed and misleading’
The IFPI has slammed the recent report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre which concluded that piracy has no effect on legal digital music purchases.
Classical Music Magazine
Britten’s War Requiem, Mahler’s Symphony No 8 and Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie are among the musical monoliths that the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has announced for its ambitious 2013/14 season, its second with Peter Oundjian as music director.
Classical Music Magazine