BACKThe Guardian
BuzzFeed president: ‘We feel strongly that traditional media have given up on young people’
Jon Steinberg tells MIPCOM audience that his site is ‘bringing more hard news on a relative basis than a lot of the traditional television networks’
London Live TV channel to recruit 50 editorial staff ahead of Launch
Local television channel, an extension of the London Evening Standard, to hire producers and presenters before March launch
Classic FM Online
Breaking Bad opera to premiere in 2014
The hit US TV show is making its mark on the world of classical music just one week after the series finale
Pianist performs concert of Pink Floyd classical covers
AyseDeniz Gokcin, the pianist who turns Pink Floyd songs into classical arrangements, has recorded an entire concert of Pink Floyd material, taking inspiration from Chopin and Rachmaninov
David Garrett reveals new video with Nicole Scherzinger
Violinist David Garrett and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger collaborate in an impressive new classical song, Io Ti Penso Amore
NPR
What Is Classical Music’s Women Problem?
Anastasia Tsioulcas discusses the subject of women in classical music following the Marin Alsop controversy
LA Times
In the L.A. classical music scene, the music comes first
Critic’s Notebook: New York and Minnesota’s financial issues and cancellations stem from a lack of vision and commitment. L.A. is a different story
Limelight Magazine
Pop-up concert in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra rallies a pop-up success story after Carnegie cancellation
Gerard Willems: On the value of healthy competition
Why do musicians put themselves through the grueling process of competitions and is it ever worth it?
Iconic director of Wagner’s centenary Ring cyle at Bayreuth passes at 68
Die Welt
“Wir sind schändlich mit Verdi umgegangen”
“Die Welt” überträgt am Freitag früh ab 2.30 Uhr als Livestream aus Chicago das Festkonzert zum 200. Geburtstag von Giuseppe Verdi. Ein Gespräch mit Riccardo Muti, der das Requiem dirigiert
Classic FM Online