In today’s news, Beares Auctions heads in a new direction with the launch of Moto Perpetuo and a newly discovered Handel cantata is to receive its modern premiere. Also, Triptyq discuss classical music and there’s outcry as Swansea and Neath Port Talbot councils cut schools music subsidy

Strings

Beares Auctions Heads in New Direction with Launch of Moto Perpetuo

Ahead of the annual round of London auctions held in March, Beares Auctions has announced a new direction for the auction wing of the established shop, John & Arthur Beare

Gramophone

Newly discovered Handel cantata to receive its modern premiere

The cantata was discovered in Ton Koopman’s collection and will be premiered by him in April

Pop Dust

Triptyq Discuss Classical Music, Challenging The Norm & Their Debut EP

Forget what you think you know about classical music. You’ve never heard such a massive wall-to-wall vibration as found on Triptyq‘s debut EP 

Arts Professional

Outcry as Swansea and Neath Port Talbot councils cut schools music subsidy

Over 4,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Welsh councils not to go ahead with plans that could spell the end of free music tuition in schools from September 2016

 Gulf News

 Classical music gala in Dubai to feature top performers

German Soprano Felicitas Fuchs and soloists from the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra are some of the performers at an anniversary gala to celebrate two landmarks: 20 years of the Dubai Concert Committee (DCC) and 15 years of Morozov’s Quartet

Klassikakzente

Unvergessen: Gedenkkonzert für Kurt Masur im Leipziger Gewandhaus

Kurt Masur war einer der großen Dirigenten unserer Zeit, sein Tod hinterließ eine Lücke in der Musikwelt. Am 16. April spielt Anne-Sophie Mutter im Rahmen eines Gedenkkonzertes ihm zu Ehren im Leipziger Gewandhaus

Berliner Zeitung

José Carreras Abschiedtournee startet in Berlin

Am 12. Oktober startet der Tenor José Carreras in der Berliner Philharmonie seine letzte Welttournee. „Die Tour wird zwei bis drei Jahre dauern”, sagt er

NMZ

Jirí Belohlávek – Verfechter der böhmischen Musiktradition wird 70

Gefeiert hat Jiri Belohlavek schon im Voraus. Die Tschechische Philharmonie ehrte ihren international renommierten Dirigenten vor gut einer Woche mit einem Konzert vor geladenen Ehrengästen

Pizzicato

Petition für Mitnahme von Musikinstrumenten im Flugzeug-Handgepäck

Weltweit beklagen sich Musiker, dass Fluggesellschaften ihnen die Mitnahme ihrer Instrumente im Handgepäck untersagen

Republicca

Bologna, il crowdfunding per riascoltare l’indimenticata orchestra Mozart

Un piano per l’ensemble plasmato da Claudio Abbado: riunirà 30-40 elementi, guidati da un comitato di musicisti. L’Accademia: “Un anno per raccogliere  le risorse, debutto nel 2017 con Haitink”

Twitter

Hello Stage ‏@HelloStage_ chamberTALK – Experience Chamber Music – a brilliant NEW #web #series with the @ArcisQuartett https://www.hellostage.com/blog/2016-02-23-classicalbuzz-chamberTALK-Experience-Chamber-Music-powered-by-Arcis-Saxophon-Quartett#.Vsyn7IsfBoU.twitter …

Glyndebourne ‏@glyndebourne Glyndebourne launches international competition for young #artists: http://ow.ly/YF5rS

Musicians’ Union ‏@WeAreTheMU We’re talking about arts cuts & privatisation at the Show Culture Some Love conference in London http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/Events/2016/Mar/Show-Culture-Some-Love-conference … 12 Mar #MUlearn

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