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Guardian
Arts in England told to make progress with diversity or have funding axed
Warning comes from Arts Council England chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette in ‘most important’ speech
Fiona Maddocks: classical music’s most significant firsts of 2014
The Observer’s classical music critic looks back on a year of notable firsts from Judith Weir, Tara Erraught, Nicola Beneditti and more
Independent
Matching up to Beethoven: How do today’s composers answer the challenge of the classical giant?
Pianist Daniel Tong and violinist Krysia Osostowicz have dreamt up Beethoven Plus, inviting 10 composers, including Judith Bingham, Huw Watkins and Jonathan Dove, to write a companion piece to the sonata of their choice
International Arts Manager
Singapore Chinese composition contest accepting entries for 2015
The third edition of the Singapore International Competition for Chinese Orchestral Composition (SICCOC) is now accepting applications.
BBC News Magazine
Blind singer learns visual art of conducting a choir
How do you conduct a choir if you can’t see the music or the performers in front of you?
Slipped Disc
Haughty airline humiliates youth orchestra
Alexander Gilman, artistic director of Swiss-based LGT Young Soloists tells us his orchestra is stranded in Hong Kong, refused boarding by a customer-unfriendly airline.
Zeit Online
Jauchzet, frohlocket doch mal anders
Weihnachten ohne Bach? Das geht. Komponisten von Heinrich Schütz bis John Adams bieten alternative Krippenoratorien an.
Die Welt
Abrissparty an der Mailänder Scala
Der Jetset feiert die Saisoneröffnung an der Mailänder Scala.
Spiegel Online
Lang Lang und Harnoncourt: “Qualität entsteht nur am Rande einer Katastrophe”
Der eine ist der Piano-Popstar der Klassik, der andere einer der Väter der historischen Aufführungspraxis.
Klassik.com
Sopranistin Edita Gruberova mit Preis der Kulturstiftung Dortmund geehrt
Die Sopranistin Edita Gruberova ist mit dem Preis der Kulturstiftung Dortmund ausgezeichnet worden.
The New York Times
Violin World Yowls at Challenge to Fabled Teacher
Mark O’Connor Fans a Debate About the Suzuki Method
Pizzicato
Une nouvelle école de musique à Luxembourg « qui n’a rien de scolaire »
Pianiste, violoniste et musicothérapeute, Pascale Tachot enseigne la musique depuis plus de 30 ans.
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Shinichi Suzuki with young violinists while on a trip to Britain in 1980 to demonstrate his teaching method.
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