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In today’s news, The Strad reports on a 300-year-old cello found in stolen vehicle, Kneller Hall to be sold and Amy Dickson wins Australia Day Foundation award. Also, Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble reimagines classical music for modern listeners
The Strad
300-year-old cello found undamaged in stolen vehicle
The instrument by Antonio Domenicelli was left in a parked car on 1 November 2015
Classical Music Magazine
A petition has been launched to stop the sale of Kneller Hall, Twickenham
Miami Herald
Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble re-imagines classical music for modern listeners
Nu Deco Ensemble is a 24-piece symphony that plays classics by recent composers
Classical Music Magazine
Amy Dickson wins Australia Day Foundation award
The Australia Day Foundation has named saxophonist Amy Dickson its young Australia achiever of the year in the UK
Der Tagesspiegel
Gestörtes Lamento, zerschlagene Ruhe, Rastlosigkeit: Beim Ultraschall-Finale verspricht Peter Ruzicka eine neue Oper
BR Klassik
Christoph Eschenbach zum Ehrendirigenten ernannt
150 Mal stand Christoph Eschenbach bereits am Dirigentenpult der Bamberger Symphoniker. Nun hat das Orchester ihn zum Ehrendirigenten ernannt
Codex Flores
Jugend und Musik in der Kulturbotschaft
Das Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK) hat seine Umsetzungsmassnahmen der Kulturbotschaft 2016–2020 vorgestellt. Dabei wird erstmals die Umsetzung des ersten Ziels der Musikinitiative skizziert
New York Times
Salonen Makes Clear He Won’t Lead New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, the innovative Finnish conductor who is the composer in residence at the New York Philharmonic, will not be the orchestra’s next music director
Classicalite
Rare Beethoven Sketch Leaf of the ‘King Stephan Overture’ Discovered in Connecticut
The handwriting of Beethoven can be indentified by its furious and sloppy appearance. Hardly meant for future generations to admire, notation was an inconvenience to Beethoven
France Musique
Renaud Capuçon, ses amis, ses amours, son violon
Renaud Capuçon fête ses 40 ans dont 38 passées avec un violon dans la main. Loin de l’image du musicien solitaire, le violoniste virtuose s’est toujours entouré d’artistes
Music History @today_classical #Today in 1919 Birth of #mezzosoprano Frances #Bible #MusicHistory #classicalmusic
Philharmonic Society @RoyalPhilSoc Apply now for RPS Composition Prizes!! Commissions up to £3K up for grabs for emerging #composers DEADLINE: 31 MARCH
http://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/index.php/new_music/composition_prize …
Wimbledon Choral @WimbledonChoral Tickets on sale for our 20 March concert @cadoganhall: #Rossini‘s romping Messe Solonnelle http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/wimbledon-choral-society-160320 …
Army Musician graduation at Kneller Hall/Classical Music Magazine