Classical News

In today’s news, the Halle orchestra invites audience to pay what they feel concert was worth, the Noga Quartet wins the Melbourne Chamber Music Competition and the candidates are named for 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition.

The Telegraph

Orchestra invites audience to pay what they think the concert was worth

Halle Orchestra, in Manchester, is inviting a new audience to experience classical music in a different way

The Strad

Candidates named for 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover

The organisers of the ninth Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover have named the candidates for this year’s contest.

Noga Quartet receives grand prize at Melbourne Chamber Music Competition

The Noga Quartet has been awarded the Grand Prize at the seventh Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.

BBC Music Magazine

Hotea and Davidsen enjoy Operalia success

Romanian and Norwegian land first prize at annual opera awards

Classical Music Magazine

Audience decides on ticket price for Hallé concert

Audience members will be invited to pay what they think a performance by the Hallé is worth at a special concert.

Die Welt

Kirill Petrenko und die Tricks des Journalismus

Klassikjournalismus wird immer innovativer. Neueste Errungenschaft: Lästereien über eine Person verbreiten unter dem Vorwand, die Person vor diesen Lästereien zu schützen. Beispiel: Kirill Petrenko.

Crescendo

Daniel Hope erhält den Europäischen Kulturpreis 2015

Vor wenigen Tagen wurde er in der Dresdner Frauenkirche vom Publikum mit Standing Ovations gefeiert: Daniel Hope. Nun wird der umtriebige britische Geiger, der zudem auch crescendo-Kolumnist ist, ein weiteres Mal in Dresden zu Gast sein. Am 2. Oktober erhält er in der Frauenkirche den Europäischen Kulturpreis.

Codex Flores

Noga Quartet gewinnt Melbourne Competition

Das Berliner Noga Quartet hat die diesjährige 7. Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition für sich entschieden. In der Kategorie Klaviertrios schwang das britische Linos Piano Trio obenaus.

France Musique

Décès du pianiste de jazz John Taylor

Victime d’un infarctus alors qu’il se produisait en concert au festival « Saveurs Jazz » à Segré (Maine-et-Loire), le pianiste britannique John Taylor est décédé samedi 18 juillet.

The New York Times

Playing Mozart’s Piano Pieces as Mozart Did

Classical piano pieces by such composers as Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin likely sounded much different when the masters first performed those works than they do today. Pianos themselves have changed considerably — but so, too, has technique.

Halle Orchestra
Photo: Russell Hart/ Telegraph