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In today’s news, London’s centre for music receives a £5.5 million boost, Apple updates music data and Sinfini Music has stopped commissioning new material. Also, Google marks Beethoven’s anniversary with a Doodle to test your knowledge of the composer’s melodies
The Telegraph
Ludwig Van Beethoven was baptised 245 years ago. Can you help him piece his greatest work together?
Evening Standard
Centre for Music: Hopes of new concert hall for London get cash boost
London is a step closer to having a world-class concert hall today after the Government gave the project a £5.5 million boost
Jessica Duchen’s Classical Music Blog
The new London hall: ten questions we need to ask
So the feasibility study for the new concert hall – The Centre for Music – has finally surfaced, a little later than planned. It’s being greeted, generally speaking, as if it’s to be the next London Olympics
Billboard
Apple Updates Music Data, Which Should Benefit Classical Composers and Performers
A seemingly minor update to iTunes should please Classical music fans and could mean bigger royalty checks for newer composers
Classical Music Magazine
Universal Music’s Sinfini website to be wound-down
The Sinfini Music website has stopped commissioning new material. The website was launched in 2012 by Universal Music Group as an editorially independent platform providing a ‘jargon-free’ guide to classical music
Die Welt
Ein Google-Doodle bringt Ihnen das Komponieren bei
Zum 245. Geburtstag von Ludwig van Beethoven lädt ein Google-Doodle zum fröhlichen Motive-Basteln ein. Nur wer die Mondscheinsonate thematisch meistert, erlebt auch “Freude, schöner Götterfunken”
Klassik.com
Ehrentitel des Bayerischen Kammersängers für Jochen Kupfer
Der Bariton Jochen Kupfer wird mit dem Ehrentitel des Bayerischen Kammersängers ausgezeichnet. Dies beschloss der Stiftungsrat des Staatstheaters Nürnberg in einer gestrigen Sitzung.
Klassik-heute.de
José Maria Blumenschein ist neuer Konzertmeister der Wiener Philharmoniker
Der junge brasilianisch-deutsche Geiger José Maria Blumenschein hat am 15. Dezember 2015 das Konzertmeister-Probespiel in der Wiener Staatsoper gewonnen.
New York Times
Montserrat Caballé, Former Star Soprano, Is Fined in Tax Case
A Spanish court on Tuesday ordered the soprano Montserrat Caballé to pay a fine of 254,000 euros, about $278,000, for avoiding taxes by falsely claiming residency in Andorra.
El País
Xavier Benguerel gana el Premio Tomás Luis de Victoria
A sus 84 años, el catalán Xavier Benguerel está entusiasmado. La SGAE ha reconocido su trayectoria y su obra con el Premio Tomás Luis de Victoria, el galardón más importante para compositores vivos del ámbito hispanohablante.
Help Musicians UK: @HelpMusiciansUK #BREAKING: announcing the artists of our final 2015 Emerging Artists Fund w/ @PledgeMusic http://bit.ly/1TRBLhx
Streetwise Opera: @StreetwiseOpera 24 hours to go on our @crowdfunderuk campaign to #MakePassionHappen! Please pledge & RT to help us reach the target http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/passion
Dirigent: @dirigent Celebrated pianist Myra Hess’s wartime concerts at the Gallery featured #Beethoven & Mozart: http://bit.ly/1YmFWDf
Moonlight Sonata before a dip in the Rhine/ Google