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In today’s news a lock of Mozart’s hair is set to fetch £12,000 at auction, David Pickard has been appointed Director of the BBC Proms, England swells with the sounds of summer and James Rhodes tells how he fought the law courts in a legal battle in an interview with the Independent. Classic FM show why Donizetti at Glyndebourne is well worth a visit and 16-year-old violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones wins the Urdd Eisteddfod composer’s medal. Die Welt reports about the young conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the renovation of Berlin Staatsoper will cost another 10.5 million Euros and the Pfingstfestspiele in Salzburg has registered a decline of 1500 tickets. Lucerne Festival Ark Nova and The Rest is Noise-Festival get Classical: Next Innovation Award, conductor and organist McNeil Robinson has died age 72 and college student Austin Peppel has created a 3D printed violin bow, which sounds amazing.
Guardian
Lock of Mozart’s hair set to fetch £12,000 at auction
Keepsake stored in a gold locket is among Mozart and Beethoven memorabilia to be sold by Sotheby’s this week
BBC
David Pickard named as Director, BBC Proms
David Pickard has been appointed Director of the BBC Proms, it was announced today.
Telegraph
From Glyndebourne to York, England swells with the sounds of summer
Across the country, at venues of every description, there are treats galore in the months ahead for those who love classical music
Independent
Now he can publish ‘Instrumental’, with its narrative of child sex abuse
Classic FM
Donizetti at Glyndebourne is a thoroughly excellent way to spend an evening
Our Social Media Editor heads to the Sussex countryside for a look at the opening of the 2015 festival, and a thorough assessment of their production of Donizetti’s Poliuto, the Bel Canto and the picnics.
Classical Music Magazine
16-year-old wins Urdd Eisteddfod composer’s medal
16-year-old violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones was awarded the composer’s medal at the Urdd National Eisteddfod for his Fantasia in F for piano quartet.
Die Welt
Handys im Konzert sind ausdrücklich erlaubt
Jung, begabt, schwul, digital: Wer den Dirigenten Yannick Nézet-Séguin vor der ersten Europa-Tournee mit dem Philadelphia Orchestra erlebt, muss sich um die Zukunft der Klassik keine Sorgen machen.
pizzicato
Renovierung der Berliner Staatsoper wird nochmals teurer
Die Renovierung der Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin wird nochmals teurer. Zu den zuletzt vorgesehenen 389 Millionen Euro kommen nun weitere 10,5 Millionen hinzu.
ORF
Weniger Zuschauer bei Pfingstfestspielen
Die heurigen Pfingstfestspiele haben einen leichten Rückgang bei den verkauften Karten und bei der Auslastung gebracht: So wurden um knapp 1.500 weniger Karten verkauft als im Vorjahr. Die Festspielspitze ist dennoch zufrieden.
Codex flores
Classical:Next Innovation Award für Ark Nova
Das Projekt der mobilen Konzerthalle Lucerne Festival Ark Nova und das «The Rest is Noise»-Festival des Southbank Centre in London sind im Rahmen der internationalen Konferenz Classical:Next mit dem Innovation Award ausgezeichnet worden.
The New York Times
McNeil Robinson II, 72, Organist and Composer, Is Dead
McNeil Robinson II, an acclaimed organist, composer and teacher, died on May 9 in Manhattan. He was 72.
print.com
College Student Creates 3D Printed Violin Bows Which Sound Amazing
Classical musicians may soon be more involved with 3D printing than many of them had ever imagined.
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McNeil Robinson II at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Midtown around the 1970s or ’80s. Credit American Guild of Organists