Classical News

In today’s news, The Guardian reports that CBSO has appointed 29-year-old Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla as music director, Borusan Philharmonic to perform in Austria and Germany and a youth classical music programme in Washington turns no student away. Also, the HIP Festival aims to salvage classical music that has been forgotten

The Guardian

CBSO appoints 29-year-old Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla as music director

The Lithuanian woman who succeeds Andris Nelsons in Birmingham wins acclaim for energy and ‘rare talent’

Hurriyet Daily News

Borusan Philharmonic in Austria and Germany

The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (BIPO) is set to go on tour to two of the most important countries in the history of classic music, Austria and Germany

PBS NewsHour

This youth classical music program turns no students away

For a group of children in Yakima, Washington, life is changing one cello at a time

Indy Week

The HIP Festival Aims to Salvage Classical Music So Old Symphonies Often Forget It Exists

The HIP Festival salvages sounds of the past that even most symphonies have forgotten

Kultur-Port.de

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie wird “Orchester des Jahres” im Programm von Deutschlandradio Kultur

Neue Anerkennung durch Deutschlandradio Kultur: Ab 2016 wählt das nationale Kulturprogramm jährlich ein Ensemble als „Orchester des Jahres“ aus. In diesem Jahr geht die Würdigung an „Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen“

NDR.de

“Weiße Haut” der Elbphilharmonie gibt den Ton an

Für Hamburgs Kultursenatorin Barbara Kisseler (parteilos) ist es ein “vorgezogener Freudentag” – knapp ein Jahr vor der geplanten Eröffnung der Elbphilharmonie

NMZ

Radiosender Bayern 1 streicht Volksmusik

Was haben Volksmusik und klassische Musik gemeinsam? Nicht viel, könnte man meinen. Außer in Bayern

France Musique

L’œuvre d’Olivier Messiaen entre à la Bibliothèque nationale de France

Partitions, livres, photos, manuscrits… Le fonds Messiaen, conservé jusqu’alors dans l’appartement parisien du compositeur, vient de trouver sa place à la Bibliothèque nationale de France

New York Times

Kickstarter as a Path to Grammy Nominations, Far Beyond the Indie Scene

Three years ago, the Nashville Symphony was in austerity mode as it recovered from the financial crisis and a flood that caused $40 million in damage to its building

Twitter

Philharmonia ‏@philharmonia This week we’re performing #Mahler‘s Symphony No. 1 around the UK with brilliant conductor-pianist Lahav Shani http://bit.ly/1TwAZsC

Guildhall School ‏@guildhallschool Watch: the only playable #stradivarius #guitar left in the world! https://www.facebook.com/ForgottenGuitar/videos/vb.784432801689714/825911577541836/?type=2&theater …

BBC Music Magazine ‏@MusicMagazine We have now updated our news story on @TheCBSO‘s exciting new appointment. Here it is in full… http://www.classical-music.com/news/city-birmingham-symphony-orchestra-names-its-new-conductor …

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Photograph: Nancy Horowitz/ The Guardian