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The Independent
Music lessons for children boost ‘executive brain function’ throughout adult life
A new study has suggested that children who receive regular music lessons display increased brain function through the rest of their adult life.
Classical-music.com
Five incarnations of Stravinsky’s best-known work.
The Independent
Sir Antonio Pappano: Conducting gave me Tennis elbow’
Covent Garden’s musical director, Sir Antonio Pappano, tells Jessica Duchen about funding crises, new productions, cinema broadcasts, and the pain of wielding the baton.
BBC News
Horace Silver, top US jazz musician, dies
Berliner Zeitung
Kurt Masur wird im Rollstuhl zu den Musikern des Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchesters in der Philharmonie gebracht. Er dirigiert im Sitzen, mit sparsamen Bewegungen. Doch es wird ein großer, herzwärmender Mendelssohn-Abend.
Tagesspiegel
Blick über die Buchsbaumkante: Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen
KlassikAkzente
New York Times
Bachfest Celebrates Monteverdi Choir’s 50th Anniversary
The Father’s Day timing of the concert by John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists was fitting but coincidental.
New York Times
‘Klinghoffer’ Composer Responds to Met’s Decision
John Adams said he feared that without international exposure via the Met’s cinema program, “The Death of Klinghoffer” might be greeted by a “Wikipedia opinion.”
Le Monde
Le Met annule la retransmission d’œuvre, par crainte de manifestations antisémites
« The Death of Klinghoffer » de John Adams devait être diffusé dans des cinémas du monde entier.
John Fordham: @jfordham_jazz RIP Horace Silver http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/19/horace-silver-us-jazz-musician-dies …, wonderful composer, inspired & funky populist for bebop, Latin jazz & #hardbop pioneer
WildKat PR: @WildKatPR Audition applications are now open for a place in one of @ncogb ‘s 2015 orchestras! Apply here http://bit.ly/11GttC4 #youthorchestras
Early Opera Company: @EarlyOpera A quick roundup of reactions to last night’s @wigmore_hall concert https://storify.com/EarlyOpera/reactions-to-our-charpentier-concert-at-wigmore-ha … via @storify More news @ http://www.earlyopera.com
Study measured brain activity in regions of brain associated with ability to process information, solve problems and regulate behaviour using fMRI scans
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