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A conference strand on how to reverse the decline in audiences for live music filled much of the first full day of Classical:Next.
The Classical:NEXT conference schedule began on a tragic note. Joohoo Kim, ceo of the Lotte Hall in in Seoul, died shortly before he was due to deliver the opening address, on classical music in his country.
Avoid religious works, forget about YouTube and Facebook and think residencies rather than one-nightstands: these were among the lessons offered at a Classical:Next conference on Arts Management Tools in China.
A sharp division of opinion between major and independent labels over Spotify in particular emerged from a conference at Classical:Next on revenue from streaming.
Classical:Next, day three: Concert hall and opera house design
Opera houses and concert halls have stuck to horseshoe and shoebox shapes respectively for centuries, but today’s needs are dictating new shapes, says David Staples, principal of Theatre Projects Consultants.
Gramophone
Mariss Jansons receives 2013 Ernst von Siemens Prize
Award, worth €250,000, will be presented to the conductor on June 4.
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Dame Janet Baker – a celebratory Podcast
The great mezzo talks about her career on the latest Gramophone Milestones Podcast.
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Decca to release complete-works Britten box-set
65-CD set – plus DVD and book – draws on recordings from 20 labels
Connexion France
Classical Music scares off gangs
Railway stations have started playing classical music on their platforms – with the unstated aim of chasing away gangs of youths.
The Arts Desk
theartsdesk in Dresden: the many musical faces of Germany’s palimpsest-city
Wagner and Vivaldi go head to head in a festival of old and new.
The Courier
Top classical musicians to gather for Ruthven Music Festival
Many of Scotland’s top classical musicians will be descending upon a tiny church on the banks of the River Isla for the annual Ruthven Music Festival.
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