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17th December: Dame Fanny Waterman retires from Leeds Piano competition, manuscript showing ‘birth’ of 1,000 years of choral music discovered and Classic FM’s Darren Henley appointed Arts Council England chief executive

Wednesday 17th December 2014

Classical News

Guardian

Dame Fanny Waterman retires from Leeds Piano competition

The co-founder, chair and artistic director of the prestigious competition steps down from her position, aged 95.

Telegraph

Manuscript showing ‘birth’ of 1,000 years of choral music discovered

The earliest practical example of polyphonic music has been discovered on the bottom of a manuscript at the British Library

The Times

Alexandre Desplat: ‘Angelina knows very quickly what she wants’

Alexandre Desplat, Hollywood’s go-to composer, is picky about directors, but when Angelina Jolie called he had to say oui.

Classical Music Magazine

Classic FM’s Darren Henley appointed Arts Council England chief executive

Classic FM managing director Darren Henley is to succeed Alan Davey as chief executive of Arts Council England. Davey starts as controller of Radio 3 in January, replacing Roger Wright.

BBC Music Magazine

Radio 3 Christmas carol competition finalists announced

Hear all six shortlisted carols performed by the BBC Singers

The Strad

Germany’s ‘orchestral landscape’ recognised by UNESCO as ‘intangible cultural heritage’

The move follows years of orchestral mergers and closures throughout the country

Zeit Online

Deutschlands Puls in BPM

Von VW-Ingenieuren zu Techno-DJs: Wie elektronische Musik das Selbstverständnis der Berliner Republik geprägt und Deutschlands Bild in der Welt verändert hat

Pizzicato

Karel Mark Chichon erwägt Gerichtsverfahren wegen Anomalien bei Postenbesetzung in Sevilla

Nachdem die Leitung der Oper in Sevilla dem spanischen Dirigenten Pedro Halffter und das Symphonieorchester dem Amerikaner John Axelrod anvertraut wurden, erwägt nun ein leer ausgegangener Kandidat gerichtliche Schritte.

Deutschlandradio Kultur

Wie Rot klingt

Der junge Schweizer Baritonsaxophonist Matthias Tschopp durchwandert auf musikalischem Wege die Werke Joan Mirós.

Codex Flores

Bilanz 13/14 von Konzert Theater Bern

Konzert Theater Bern hat in der Saison 2013/14 die Gesamtzuschauerzahl im Vergleich zur Vorjahressaison um mehr als sechs Prozent gesteigert.

Le Monde

L’Hôtel de Ville met la Philharmonie au régime

Contesté par la Mairie de Paris depuis l’élection d’Anne Hidalgo, le 30 mars, le budget de fonctionnement annuel de la Philharmonie de Paris, qui doit ouvrir ses portes le 14 janvier 2015, vient de subir un sérieux coup de rabot.

Twitter

MusicSalesClassical ‏@MSClassical: Loving @GramophoneMag cartoon summary of major events of 2014. Judith Weir + corgi! http://www.gramophone.co.uk/sites/default/files/september.jpg …

Royal College Music ‏@RCMLatest: In this @Telegraph article RCM Composition for Screen prof @vascohexel explains why #Frozen‘s Let It Go is so popular http://bit.ly/1AajsMS 

Boosey & Hawkes ‏@Boosey_NewYork: Looking ahead—celebrations planned worldwide for Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday http://www.boosey.com/cr/news/Leonard-Bernstein-at-100-Looking-Ahead-to-2018/100536 …

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The yard of the Philharmonic, Paris, 19 March 2014 Photo: Thomas Samson/AFP