BACKThe Guardian
Mariss Jansons announces Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra departure
The conductor’s 10-year reign as chief of the world-renowned Amsterdam orchestra will end after 2014-15 season
The Telegraph
Dennis Russell Davies: why minimalism is big
Basel Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor, Dennis Russell Davies, tells John Allison why he’s boldly touring the UK with minimalist music
The Strad
Louisville String Academy awarded $240,000 Starling Foundation grant
Given over three years, the award aims to support violin playing at the highest level
The New York Times
Harris Goldsmith, Critic and Classical Pianist, Dies at 78
Harris Goldsmith, a rarity in classical music for his simultaneous careers as a professional pianist and a music critic, died on April 2 in Manhattan. He was 78.
Limelight Magazine
Is sex appeal the key to a classical comeback?
Will a video clip of Asian hotties twerking re-imagine classical music for a contemporary audience?
Die Welt
Am besten geht man, bevor es nicht mehr geht
Mariss Jansons verlässt als Chefdirigent Amsterdams Concergebouw Orchest und konzentriert sich auf seine Münchner Aufgaben. In Salzburg verlässt Geschäftsführer Peter Alward die Osterfestspiele.
Concerti
Porträt Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt: Ein Bayern-Fan in Berlin
Einst spielte Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt im Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester – nun gastiert er als Solist mit Brittens Cello-Sinfonie bei seinen Ex-Kollegen
Classical Music on Twitter
Baltimore Symphony: @BaltSymphon As “Mad Men” enters its final season, we look at what was happening in the classical music world in 1969. BSOstories http://bit.ly/1gPzJud
Classic FM: @ClassicFM The greatest classical music, as voted by you. Take a look at the 2014 HallOfFame: http://classfm.co/HOF14
Gramophone: @GramophoneMag Why is the wider media failing classical music? Our editor’s latest blog http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/editors-blog/why-is-the-wider-media-failing-classical-music …
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CM editors: @ClassicalMusic_ JAM is planning a choral course led by Judith Bingham and Nicholas Cleobury, deadline 9 May: http://ow.ly/w2bPf Great opportunity.
The Guardian