19th March: Beatles opera is coming to Melbourne, robots perform at SXSW and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Monday 19th March '18
In today's news: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Lars Vogt releases Beethoven's piano concertos, a Beatles opera is opening in Melbourne, Stuart Skelton replaces Anne Sofie Von Otter, robot band performs at SXSW, 90th anniversary …
Read6th October: Wigmore Hall announces live stream, RCM hosts inaugural Double Bass Festival & two of America’s great orchestras in crisis
Thursday 6th October '16
Classical News In today's news, Wigmore Hall announces first schools concert live stream, the Royal College of Music hosts inaugural Double Bass Festival, and crisis has struck two of America's great orchestras. Also, St. Paul Chamber …
Read18th May: Itzhak Perlman joins ‘bathroom law’ protest & flashmob orchestra fills shopping mall
Wednesday 18th May '16
Classical News In our news today, Itzhak Perlman pulls out of North Carolina concert over discriminatory transgender ‘bathroom law’, Members of the German Symphony Orchestra have been joined by more than 900 amateur musicians in a spontaneous concert …
Read6th April: New season for Komische Oper Berlin, safety precautions for Bayreuther Festspiele & Menuhin Competition in London
Wednesday 6th April '16
Classical News In today's news, Tagesspiegel presents Barrie Kosky's new season for Komische Oper Berlin, the construction of Barenboim-Said-Akademie to be finished by the end of 2016 & more safety precautions for Bayreuther Festspiele. Also, Menuhin …
Read9th March: Sir George Martin dies, Lloyd Webber discusses London’s new concert hall & early music reawakes
Wednesday 9th March '16
Classical News In our news today, the media mourns the record producer Sir George Martin after his death at the age of 90 and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber maintains that the Royal Festival Hall is a …
Read3rd September: Bach beats the Beatles, Brains and Bieber
Monday 3rd September '12
TelegraphFormer concert pianist battles to keep home in Tube station car parkAnne Naysmith was the protégé of some of the most revered figures in classical music, including Sir Adrian Boult and Harold Craxton.The Desert Island …
Read6th July: George Fenton, Music in Prisons and Sir Mark Elder
Friday 6th July '12
The GuardianThe Shard will open to the wrong musicThe London Philharmonic is to mark the inauguration of the corporate monolith with Fanfare for the Common Man. Surely Elgar's visions of the end of the empire …
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