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In today’s news, The Guardian reports on Rolf Hind’s new opera, Lost in Thought, which is inspired by the benefits of ‘mindfulness’. Also, The Times writes about ‘Mark Wigglesworth: The man trying to rescue ENO’, and Keith Harris steps down as PPL director
The Guardian
Vertical time: where mindfulness and music meet
The practice and proven benefits of ‘mindfulness’ have inspired Rolf Hind to create a new opera, Lost in Thought – perhaps the first ever to be as much a performance as a group meditation
The Times
Mark Wigglesworth: The man trying to rescue ENO
Mark Wigglesworth can be pleased that his tenure as music director at English National Opera is already going better than did his previous stab at running an opera company.
Classic FM
Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne play Mozart’s Rondo alla Turca
The legendary flautist and his wife turned the Mozart favourite into a fantastic flute duet backstage at Classic FM Live
Classical Music Magazine
Keith Harris to step down as PPL director of performer affairs
Keith Harris is to step down as PPL’s director of performer affairs at the end of 2015
International Arts Manager
San Francisco Opera appoint Shilvock as general director
Matthew Shilvock has been appointed as the new general director of San Francisco Opera(SFO), taking over from David Gockley who will retire in July next year
Tagesspiegel
Musik gegen die blutigen Bilder
Mehr als Kampf und Krieg: das syrische Exilorchester spielte in Bremen vor ausverkauftem Haus. Das Konzert soll nur der Anfang sein – das Ensemble will ab jetzt regelmäßig auftreten.
neue musikzeitung
Studie vorgestellt: Musikwirtschaft ist erheblicher Wirtschaftsfaktor
Es ist ja nicht so, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft nur aus der Automobilbranche besteht. Musik spielt be fast jedem irgendwann am Tag eine gewisse Rolle.
Klassik heute
Clemens Schuldt wird neuer Chefdirigent des Münchener Kammerorchesters
Der 32-jährige gebürtige Bremer, der Alexander Liebreich nachfolgt, tritt sein Amt im Herbst 2016 an; sein Vertrag läuft vorerst bis 2019.
La Croix
A Strasbourg, Francesco Filidei fait sensation avec son premier opéra
Le jeune compositeur italien, né en 1973, atteste d’une inspiration et d’un savoir-faire incontestables en évoquant la figure du dominicain Giordano Bruno.
El Mundo
Deezer lleva la música en streaming a la Bolsa francesa
Deezer calienta los motores para salir a Bolsa. El gigante francés de streaming de música, con más de 6 millones de suscriptores, está listo para su inclusión en el índice Euronext de París para finales de 2015.
Max Richter @maxrichtermusic : Finishing the prep for the premiere of SLEEP on @BBCRadio3 on Saturday night. Looking forward to playing the music live! @ExploreWellcome
Classic FM @ClassicFM : Happy 70th birthday to @johnmrutter! We’re playing his wonderful music all day…
Royal Academy Music @RoyalAcadMusic : #Piano#alum@PianoChristina is @AmatiMagazine’s Young Artist of the Week: http://bit.ly/1iy1nDs
Keith Harris
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