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In today’s news, Glyndebourne appoints Sebastian F Schwarz as its new general director and Britten Sinfonia will become Saffron Hall’s orchestra-in-residence. Also, the Association of British Orchestras launches a mentoring programme for future leaders and The Guardian writes Robert Craft’s obituary
The Guardian
Conductor and writer who devoted much of his working life to the composer Stravinsky
Classical Music Magazine
Saffron Hall and Britten Sinfonia announce partnership
Britten Sinfonia will become Saffron Hall‘s orchestra-in-residence at the start of the 2016/17 season
Telegraph
Glyndebourne appoints new general director
Glyndebourne has appointed a new director. Sebastian F Schwarz, currently deputy artistic director at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien, will take up his new post at Glyndebourne in May
The Guardian
All about that bass: Simon Bainbridge on his jazz concerto
As the composer’s new double bass concerto premieres this week in the London jazz festival, Simon Bainbridge explains how the collaborative work took shape, and why – if it wasn’t for an early morning Manhattan cab ride – it might never have happened at all
Classical Music Magazine
ABO launches mentoring programme for future leaders
The Association of British Orchestras has launched Find Your Way, a mentoring and coaching programme for aspiring leaders of the UK orchestral sector
Berliner Zeitung
Helmut Lachenmann: Revolutionär der Klänge
Bei Menschen, die an neuer Musik nicht interessiert sind, mag der Name Helmut Lachenmann Fluchtreflexe auslösen. Was die verpassen! Das ensemble unitedberlin richtet ihm am Sonntag ein Geburtstagskonzert aus
concerti
„Meine Kindheit war ziemlich verwirrend“
Eitelkeit ist ihm fremd: Mag Yo-Yo Ma auch als bester Cellist der Welt gefeiert werden, er schätzt den dezenten Auftritt
NMZ
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften stellt Schubert-Archiv online
Die Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften hat mehr als 1000 handschriftliche und gedruckte Quellen des Wiener Komponisten Franz Schubert ins Internet gestellt
The New York Times
Xian Zhang Is New Jersey Symphony’s New Music Director
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s next music director will be familiar to some concertgoers in the region: The orchestra announced on Monday that the role would be filled by Xian Zhang, a rising Chinese-American star
El Pais
Ara Malikian, el violín trotamundos
Antes de que Ara Malikian (Beirut, 1968) aspirase a un Grammy latino fue un extravagante concertino de la orquesta del Teatro Real
The Classical Source @ClassicalSource : News http://ow.ly/UL8JT Yuja Wang named 2016-17 Artist-in-Residence of China’s National Center for the Performing Arts @YujaWang
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