BACKThe Guardian
Music, TV and film piracy rises among UK internet users
Almost a third of web users who stream or download content did so at least once illegally in the quarter to the end of January.
The Telegraph
Maria Schneider takes a further step towards ‘classical’ discipline on her new double album
Maria Schneider’s double album is subtle, polished and suggestive, says Ivan Hewett.
Classical Music
Bergen International Festival at Grieghallen, Norway
The themes of the 61st Bergen Festival are journey and water, hence a neat fit with Tan Dun’s opera Marco Polo and the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes’s continuing Beethoven Journey.
Classic FM
Video game composer conference announced
A new symposium for video games music composers and music fans will feature Jesper Kyd, Jason Graves, Martin O’Donnell and many others when it arrives at London’s South Bank on September 9th.
Gramophone
Two lost Elgar songs discovered
The Millwheel and Muleteer’s Serenade will be performed for the first time at the Elgar Birthplace Museum on June 2.
Classical Music
Jesse Owens in song: The Sharecropper’s Son, 6 July
A song cycle celebrating the life of American athlete Jesse Owens ‒ The Sharecropper’s Son by composer Michael Stimpson ‒ will be performed for the first time on 6 July at the Ashley Wood Festival in Wiltshire.
Planet Hugill
Supporting young musicians in the City
The City Music Foundation has been launched to provide new opportunities for aspiring professional musicians in the early stages of their careers, through financial support and through mentoring.
The Telegraph