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In today’s news, Classical Music Magazine reports that Richard Burnett’s collection is to be sold at auction for charity and fear has brought Egypt’s audience closer to Classical music. Also, Opera Platform announces its January-July streaming programme and the Rc4 Festival in Rio is exploring new directions in classical music
Classical Music Magazine
The Opera Platform announces January-July streaming programme
The Opera Platform has announced its streaming programme for January to July 2016
The Rio Times
Rc4 Contemporary Classical Music and Technology Festival in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Exploring new directions in classical musical and the use of electronics, software, and visuals during performances, the 2016 edition of the Rc4 Festival began on January 8th and will continue through January 31st
Classical Music Magazine
Richard Burnett’s collection to be sold for charity
Richard Burnett’s collection of over 70 historic instruments will be sold at auction to raise funds for the Finchcocks Charity
The Seattle Times
Without a net: ‘All-Star Orchestra’ premieres classical music on TV
Seattle’s PBS station KCTS-9 has quietly tucked the program’s local debut (at 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 17) into the end of a four-hour marathon of the current “All-Star Orchestra” season
Albawaba Entertainment
How fear in 2015 brought Egypt’s audiences closer to classical music
“Remember that classical music is an inheritance which belongs to all of us, and somewhere therein is a legacy for you,” writes Marianne Williams Tobias in Classical Music Without Fear: A Guide for General Audiences, published in 2003
The New York Times
David Bowie Dies at 69; Star Transcended Music, Art and Fashion
David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personas, died on Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday
Classicalite
Golden Globes Honor Classical ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ & Morricone’s ‘Hateful Eight’ Score
Also going home happy was Ennio Morricone and his score to Quention Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Wins like these made it a night honoring classical music
Die Welt
David Bowie war schon immer irgendwo dort draußen
Er nahm noch ein allerletztes Album auf, feierte seinen 69. Geburtstag und ging aus der Welt. Als “Blackstar”. Plötzlich ist David Bowie nicht mehr da. Zum Tod des größten Popkünstlers unserer Zeit
Musik Heute
Countdown für Elbphilharmonie: Ein Jahr bis zur Eröffnung – Die letzten Etappen
Noch genau ein Jahr bis zu einer Eröffnung, an die manchmal fast niemand mehr geglaubt hat: Am 11. Januar 2017 soll in der Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg das Auftaktkonzert erklingen.
Klassik.com
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann sagt Auftritt wegen Erkrankung ab
Der Startenor Jonas Kaufmann hat seinen Auftritt im Rahmen der Feierlichkeiten zum 200-jährigen Bestehen des Teatro Real in Madrid abgesagt.
Francemusique
La délicate étape de la puberté chez les chanteurs
En Angleterre, plusieurs maîtrises ont récemment fait part de leur inquiétude devant la difficulté rencontrée pour recruter de jeunes chanteurs sopranos.
Le Monde
Dialogue de sourds autour d’une mise en scène de Tcherniakov
turbulent Dmitri Tcherniakov est de retour en France : le metteur en scène russe présentera d’abord Lady Macbeth de Mzensk, de Chostakovitch, à l’Opéra de Lyon du 23 janvier au 6 février,
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