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Marin Alsop Extends contract at Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
After revitalising the orchestra for the past six years, the conductor says she’s ‘not finished!’ and plans to work with them until August 2021.
Hospital’s stolen Steinway piano recovered
A piano that was stolen from a Toronto hospital has been recovered, and police are looking for the culprits.
BBC News
Half London’s small theatres ‘insecure about future’
Almost half of London’s small theatres feel “insecure” about their financial future and a third fear their venues could be sold, a study has found.
Gramophone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra to stream live Verdi Requiem performance for free
Sold-out concert on October 10, 2013 will be made available online in celebration of the composer’s bicentenary
Classic FM
Vaughan Williams’ home to re-open
After almost 50 years, Leith Hill Place, Vaughan Williams’ family home, is to re-open to the public tomorrow.
Telegraph
Classical music comes to a car park in Peckham
There’s so much more to classical music this summer than the Proms. Ivan Hewett picks out some highlights.
BBC News
N-Dubz star Fazer reveals love of classical music
N-Dubz star Fazer has announced plans to encourage young people to discover classical music.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
In Bayreuth und in Salzburg treten jetzt sieben Pult-Virtuosen in Opern von Verdi, Wagner und Mozart an. Ein reizvolles Vergleichsspiel: Können sie mit ihren legendären Kollegen, den Maestri der Vergangenheit, mithalten?
