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Covent Garden flashmob – ‘Va, pensiero’ by Giuseppe Verdi
As part of Deloitte Ignite Festival of Voices, Dominic Peckham brought together choral groups, first time singers and workshop attendees in a huge celebration of the human voice and Verdi 200, performing ‘Va, pensiero.’
Kens 5 San Antonia
10-year-old with disability learning to play flute with help of former musician
An American 10 year old born with one hand undeveloped is learning to play the flute with the help of former musician Clarence Wood
Classic FM Online
The Piano Guys play Chopin on Great Wall of China
Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends is an arrangement of Oogway Ascends from Kung Fu Panda, reworked with Chopin’s Prelude No. 20 – with a video recorded on the iconic Wonder of the World
Silent Opera to perform in Heal’s furniture shop
Silent Opera will perform four different operas in the Tottenham Court Road furniture shop Heal’s in October
BBC Music Magazine
New organisation set up to promote music education and cultural diplomacy
Conductor Riccardo Muti to be honorary president of EMMA for Peace, supported by UNESCO
BBC Radio 3 announces release of two singles for BBC Children in Need ‘Musical Battle’
The Hallé and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra perform Steve Pycroft’s fusions of well-known pop and classical tracks for charity head-to-head
BBC announces 20 per cent increase in funding for arts television
New brand ‘BBC Arts at…’ to showcase events from around the country
The Guardian
Playing pictures: the wonder of graphic scores
Can a musician play from art? Artist and composer Tom Phillips ponders musical notation, and the brief but glorious union of art and sound
Die Zeit
Er ist der bedeutendste Opernkomponist des 19. Jahrhunderts. Er hat eine Moral und ist niemals moralisch. Und er erfindet sein Leben, als spielte es auf der Bühne. Giuseppe Verdi zum 200. Geburtstag
BBC Music Magazine