BACKIn today’s news: Radio 3 is pandering to beginner audience, claim classical music fans, contemporary Music partners with Audiotube, and if music gives you goosebumps, you might have a special brain. Instruments owned by WDR-Funkhausorchester have been stolen, Andreas Haefliger signs with label BIS, and 88% of Germans think classical music is part of their cultural heritage.
The Times
Radio 3 pandering to beginner audience, claim classical music fans
BBC Radio 3 is burying classical music concerts in the late night schedules when most people are asleep and offering more “basic” programming at peak times, listeners have complained.
Music Week
PRS Foundation announces 60 female artists and innovators for Keychange initiative
Ten women from six countries across Europe – Sweden, Spain, Iceland, Germany, Estonia and the UK – have been chosen to participate in the new initiative which aims to empower women to transform the music industry.
Music Week
Academy of Contemporary Music partners with Audiotube
Fair trade distribution pioneer Audiotube has been announced as The Academy of Contemporary Music’s official distribution partner.
The Stage
The National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Society of London Theatre and Stage Directors UK are among the organisations backing the creation of a new company aimed at tackling discriminatory working practices towards parents in the sector.
Classic FM
If this music gives you goosebumps, you might have a special brain
Think of your favourite piece of music, and think about how you might react to it.
Limelight
Cameron Lam wins 2018 Stefan Kruger Scholarship
The composer and founder of new music ensemble Kammerklang has taken home Fine Music 102.5’s $15,000 prize.
Klassik.com
Joseph-Ratzinger-Preis für Komponist Arvo Pärt
Der estnische Komponist Arvo Pärt erhält den Preis der Stiftung Joseph Ratzinger-Benedikt XVI.
Klassik Heute
Andreas Haefliger unterzeichnet Vertrag beim Label BIS
Der Schweizer Pianist Andreas Haefliger hat beim schweidischen Label BIS einen Vertrag unterzeichnet und wird im Frühjahr 2018 dort erste CD-Veröffentichungen vorlegen.
Musik Heute
Diebe stehlen wertvolle Instrumente des WDR-Funkhausorchesters
Diebe haben einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge dem WDR-Funkhausorchester mehrere wertvolle Instrumente gestohlen. Das bestätigte Sendersprecherin Kristina Bausch der “Bild”-Zeitung (Mittwoch).
France Musique
L’éducation musicale en Allemagne : en avant la pratique !
L’Allemagne, pays de la musique classique ? Oui, pour 88% des Allemands qui estiment que la musique classique fait partie de l’héritage culturel du pays. A l’occasion des élections fédérales outre-Rhin, nous nous intéressons au système d’enseignement musical allemand.
BBC Philharmonic @BBCPhilharmonic
‘Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music’- Rachmaninov #wednesdaywisdom
WDR Funkhausorchester ©WDR/Herby Sachs