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The Guardian
Will Self: ‘Opera remains the preserve of the rich’
Brecht and Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is a satire on money and hedonism written in an age of crisis. So can it rouse a Royal Opera House audience to activism, or will it be consumed like just another luxurious treat?
BBC Music Magazine
We celebrate the world’s most popular instrument with a look at 26 of its greatest features
Hidden treasures in Brahms’s early piano works
Boris Giltburg on rediscovering neglected scores
Classical Music Magazine
Arts Impact Fund puts £7m available to arts organisations in low-cost loans
A new fund combining public and private investment has been launched to promote the wider impact art has on society.
Classic FM
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Vladimir Ashkenazy honoured by Royal College of Music
The Prince of Wales presented legendary soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the iconic conductor and composer, Vladimir Ashkenazy, with honorary doctorates at a ceremony at the Royal College of Music.
International Arts Manager
CIPC Young Artists Competition to award top prize of USD25,000 (€22,100)
Cleveland International Piano Competition (CIPC) has relaunched its biennial Young Artists Competition, repositioning it as a major event on the international calendar.
Zeit Online
“Ich bin doch kein Markenprodukt”
Der Sänger als Regisseur: Rolando Villazón inszeniert Puccinis “La Rondine” in Berlin. Hier spricht er übers Träumen, das Flanieren und das Glücksgefühl beim Proben.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Gericht stellt Verfahren wegen Blasphemie ein
Der Intendant und ein Regisseur des Opernhauses im russischen Nowosibirsk müssen sich nicht mehr vor Gericht für ihre „Tannhäuser“-Inszenierung verantworten. Das Verfahren wegen Schändung religiöser Symbole ist eingestellt.
Klavier.de
Klavierprofessor Lev Natochenny klagt gegen Pensionierung
Hochschulpräsident Thomas Rietschel will 65-Jährigen nicht weiterbeschäftigen.
pizzicato
Reine Elisabeth: 69 Candidates, 27% Coming From Korea
Out of 170 candidates for the 2015 violin competition, sent from all over the world, a jury chaired by Arie Van Lysebeth and composed of Pierre Amoyal, Patrice Fontanarosa, Mihaela Martin, Natalia Prischepenko, Marco Rizzi and Gilbert Varga has selected 69 candidates for the first public round, which starts on 4 May at Flagey in Brussels.
Park Hyun-Jung’s Revenge: Seoul Philharmonic Under Police Investigation
Police raided the offices of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) today in central Seoul, according to the Korean Times. The raid was the consequence of a plea by the former CEO of the Orchestra, Park Hyun-Jung.
El Mundo
Viaje por las entrañas de los genios de la historia de la música
Xavier Güell, alumno de Bernstein, recorre en su debut literario la partitura interior de los grandes fenómenos musicales que forjaron la historia. Una novela diferente porque habla en nombre de ellos.
Music Education Expo @MusicEdExpo: At 10.10 in the Rhinegold Theare, @mectweets and the major exam boards set out plans for the new GCSEs, AS Levels and A Levels in music
Musical Futures @musicalfutures : Core content to allow innovation, tighter assessment objectives. All exam boards to assess at same standard #MusicEdExpo
Gavin Plumley @gavinplumley : Swan Lake @RoyalOperaHouse tonight and @MarkusWerba and @songpianist @wigmore_hall on Sunday. Not a bad weekend ahead!
Photo: Chris Christodoulou