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Arts & Business Awards winners announced
The best partnerships between businesses and the arts were honoured last night at a ceremony at the BFI Southbank, London at the 35th Arts & Business Awards, in partnership with Jaguar Land Rover.
Guardian
La Scala: Why has incoming director general Alexander Pereira been fired?
Pereira’s predecessor brought four Salzburg productions to Milan, so why did La Scala drop Pereira for doing the same thing?
It’s not sexist when opera critics find fault with Glyndebourne’s fat ladies
Our job is misunderstood: we’re upholding the unique beauty of this art form, and it’s our duty to hold any production to account, says Guy Damman.
Birmingham Post
Next conductor of CBSO has a big rebuilding job
Is the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra suffering from low morale? Christopher Morley reflects on changing times as it bids farewell to one of its most successful principal conductors.
CBC News
Stolen violins recovered in Montreal 16 years later
Quebec provincial police have recovered two missing and potentially valuable violins in Montreal. The violins were stolen from the trunk of a car on Ste-Catherine Street 16 years ago.
Die Welt
Mit olle Hans Sachs beim Billig-Döner
Tobias Kratzer ist eines der größten Regie-Talente. Er sucht nach der RAF im “Tannhäuser”, modernisiert die Butzenscheiben der “Meistersinger”. Das ist witzig und dennoch voller Tief- und Doppelsinn.
Concerti
Leipzigs Gewandhausdirektor Andreas Schulz im Kurzinterview
Klassik.com
Dirigent Franz-Paul Decker ist tot
Deutsch-kanadischer Musiker wurde 90 Jahre alt
Kölnische Rundschau
François-Xavier Roth wird Kölns neuer Generalmusikdirektor: „Ich bin kein Routine-Dirigent“
Am Mittwoch ist der Vertrag von Kölns neuem Generalmusikdirektor François-Xavier Roth im Kölner Rathaus unterzeichnet worden. Im Gespräch hat Roth über seine Pläne mit der Musik in der Domstadt erzählt.
The New York Times
Too Much Looking, Not Enough Listening?
New York Times Critics Respond to Glyndebourne ‘Fat’ Reviews
Classicalite
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW concert series, curated by Composers-in-Residence Mason Bates and Anna Clyne, is at the epicenter of Chicagos’ burgeoning contemporary music scene.
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Naxos Records @naxosrecords 20 Most Unusual Deaths of Composers in Music History. http://fb.me/2i3VgQYjD
Philharmonic Society @RoyalPhilSoc Here’s the story of Dr Sarmast brought back music to Afghanistan by founding the 1st national music school (ANIM) http://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/index.php/awards/honorary/recent/sarmast
Nicola Benedetti @NickyBenedetti Michael Gove – do you hear us? 74% of British adults think that the loss of music education opportunities will negatively impact the UK
Music Education UK @MusicEdUK National Theatre under fire for hiring actors to mime War Horse musicians’ roles : The Stage http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2014/05/national-theatre-fire-hiring-actors-mime-war-horse-musicians-roles/ … via @twitterapi
Hello Stage @HelloStage_ Music on the move with @ChambOrchEurope, visiting three countries in three days.
PRS Foundation @PRSFoundation You can read all the @SinfiniMusic interviews with @NMBiennial composers here: http://ow.ly/wPXSi #NewMusicBiennial
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