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The Times
Concert cancelled after attempted murder claim
A classical violinist who claims to have been drugged by a transsexual prostitute, causing him to break into a stranger’s hotel room “wild-eyed and naked” and throttle her, is at the centre of an uproar over a cancelled concert at Wigmore Hall in the west end of London.
Classical Music Magazine
Classical Live launches on Google Play Music
Five leading orchestras have joined forces for Classical Live, an initiative in which recent recordings are shared via on Google Play Music.
Classical Source
The violinist and conductor Walter Weller has died at the age of 75. He joined the Vienna Philharmonic at the age of 17 and when 22 he was appointed joint-concertmaster alongside Willi Boskovsky.
Sinfini
Andris Nelsons’s CBSO farewell
Andris Nelsons will this week conduct his final concerts in Birmingham as music director of the CBSO, ahead of his move to Boston.
Gramophone
Classical music recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Three composers and a great conductor among those honoured
Die Zeit
Die Schweizer haben in einer Volksabstimmung mit 50,1 Prozent für die Einführung einer allgemeinen Haushaltsabgabe votiert. Wie würden die Deutschen entscheiden?
Der Tagesspiegel
… und ein Kammermusiksaal für Berlin: Das Richtfest bei der Barenboim-Said-Akademie mit Monika Gründers, Tim Renner und dem Maestro. Und mit einer Videobotschaft des Architekten Frank Gehry.
neue musikzeitung
Mehr junge Sänger in Chören – insgesamt weniger Mitglieder
Der Deutsche Chorverband sieht trotz zurückgehender Sängerzahlen kein Nachwuchsproblem.
The New York Times
Classical Live offers orchestras another internet stage
With the pace of change it in the recording industry making it challenging for some performers and their audiences to find one another, five leading orchestras joined together on Monday and began offering some of their recent live recordings online on Google Play Music.
El mundo
‚Tristán e Isolda‘ y el éxtasis
Se cumplen 150 años del estreno de ‚Tristán e Isolda‘, la ópera metafísica de Richard Wagner que cambió de forma definitiva el rumbo de la música occidental.
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Andris Nelsons will this week conduct his final concerts in Birmingham. Photo: International Arts Manager/Stu Rosner