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26th November: Arts Funding – #spendingreview; Beyond Borders; Northern Ireland

Thursday 26th November 2015

Classical News

In today’s news, Chancellor George Osborne has promised to increase funding to Arts Council England in his Spending Review and PRS for Music Foundation has announced the the latest recipients of its Beyond Borders funding programme. Also, the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure has announced the reinstatement of funding for arts and sports in Northern Ireland

BBC

Spending Review: Arts Council protected despite DCMS cuts

Chancellor George Osborne has promised to increase funding to Arts Council England and national museums and galleries in his Spending Review

Classical Music Magazine

PRS for Music Foundation announces latest Beyond Borders funding recipients

PRS for Music Foundation has announced the latest organisations and music groups to receive funding through its co-commissioning and touring programme Beyond Borders

Gramophone

Hans Abrahamsen wins the 2016 Grawemeyer Award

Abrahamsen’s ‘let me tell you’ earns the composer $100,000 in prize money

Classical Source

Leif Ove Andsnes launches the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, West Norway [11-14 August]

This summer, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes looks forward to launching a new chamber music festival in his homeland

Classical Music Magazine

Northern Ireland arts organisations to have funding restored

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Carál Ní Chuilín, has announced the reinstatement of funding for arts and sports

NMZ

Keine Angst vor Klassik – ARD lädt Schulen zu Vivaldi-Experiment ein

Nach Dvorák und Gershwin stellt sich der Komponist Antonio Vivaldi bundesweit an Schulen vor. Das Musikvermittlungsprojekt der Hörfunkwellen der ARD geht 2016 in die nächste Runde

Pizzicato

Scala: Pereira macht Zugeständnisse an Gewerkschaften

Die Mailänder Scala hat sich mit den Gewerkschaften über Personalanstellung geeinigt und konnte so einen drohenden Streik verhindern

Klassik.com

Geschenkt: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra erhält 10 Millionen US-Dollar

Das Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra erhält eine Spende von 10 Millionen US-Dollar von der Lilly Endowment Stiftung, eine der größten privaten Stiftungen der USA. Nach Angaben der Stiftung werden insgesamt 14 Institutionen mit einer Gesamtsumme von 100 Millionen US-Dollar gefördert

Scherzo

La Fundación Scherzo celebra 20 años de su Ciclo de Grandes Intérpretes

Un total de 11 conciertos – nueve recitales de piano y dos extraordinarios con Lang Lang o el contratenor Philippe Jaroussky-, además de 3 clases maestras a cargo, por ahora, de Paul Lewis y Till Fellner para los alumnos del Real Conservatorio Superior de Música, celebran los 20 años del ciclo Grandes Intérpretes de la Fundación Scherzo, patrocinado por El País

El Mundo

Theremin, el instrumento invisible

Se cumplen justo 95 años del invento del Theremin, el sonido que Alfred Hitchcock utilizó por sorpresa en ‘Recuerda’, un diabólico instrumento inventado por un ruso genial llamado Leon Theremin

Twitter

The StradLongtime concertmaster John Ferrell has died at the age of 90

ArtsProfessional: Fears of cuts dispelled in

Classic FM: Is this a rare portrait of the Baroque maestro?

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