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David Garrett plays for President Obama in Berlin
The German-American violin star performed in front of the Brandenburg Gate ahead of Obama speech yesterday.
Gramophone
Benjamin Grosvenor signs agreement with EFG International
Idea for a relationship between the banking group and the Gramophone Award-winning pianist was formed during the 2012 Gramophone Awards
BBC News
Miss Saigon to return to West End in 2014
Hit musical Miss Saigon is to return to London’s West End in May of 2014, its 25th anniversary year.
Gramophone
Richard Marlow, for nearly 40 years director of music at Trinity College Cambridge, has died
Founder of the college’s modern mixed-voice choir
Independent
Ballet dancer David Wall dies of cancer aged 67
He was the Royal Ballet’s youngest male principal at 21 and danced with Dame Margot Fonteyn
Classic FM
UK City of Culture 2017 shortlist announced
Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay make the shortlist out of a list of 11 UK towns and cities.
Guardian
Pomp and circumstances: Britten’s Gloriana
Gloriana was written to celebrate the young Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation but has barely been performed since. Soprano Susan Bullock, who sings the central role of Queen Elizabeth in a new production, on Britten’s unjustly neglected opera
klassik.com
Auszeichnung ist mit 10.000 Euro dotiert
Pianist Fazil Say erhält Rheingau-Musik-Preis 2013
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