13th December: BPI Reacts to Election, Beethovenhalle delayed, Verdi 2019 breaks records
Friday 13th December '19
BPI Reacts to Election ResultFollowing a landslide victory for the Conservatives, the BPI’s chief executive Geoff Taylor urges the government to deliver a trade deal with the EU that ‘boosts’ UK music exports.Boris Johnson’s Conservative …
Read25th July: BPI Welcomes The New Secretary, Wealthiest children three times more likely to take music classes, Bayreuther Festival 2019 begins today
Thursday 25th July '19
BPI Welcomes The New Secretary of the State for Digital, Culture, Media and SportYesterday (Wednesday) Nicky Morgan, Chair of House of Commons Treasury Committee, was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, …
Read8th March: Nicola Benedetti wins Best Classical at Global Awards, Cheltenham Festival announces 75th anniversary line-up, Music lessons ‘being stripped’ out of England schools
Friday 8th March '19
Nicola Benedetti is named Best Classical Artist at The Global Awards 2019 The great Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti won the Best Classical Award at The Global Awards 2019, a category that was voted for by the public.The other …
ReadSeptember 7th: WNO has a new general director and British music exports at their highest since the millenium
Friday 7th September '18
British music exports hit £400M Millennium high Recorded music export revenues have reached their highest level since the turn of the millennium, hitting £408.4m in 2017.This represents a rise of 12 percent year-on-year and sees overall …
Read19th July: Royal Northern Sinfonia’s 60th season announced, music-streaming services now account for 8% of all audio listening in the UK.
Thursday 19th July '18
In today's news: A weekend of celebratory concerts to mark Royal Northern Orchestra’s 60th anniversary. British music’s annual trade mission to India is set for 21 to 24 August. Opera writer and director Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttiron on #echochamber. …
Read7th September A closer look at Classic FM, UK’s biggest commercial radio station
Thursday 7th September '17
In today's news: a closer look at Classic FM, the numbers are in for British music exports, the winners of the Gilmore Young Artist Awards have been announced, Facebook is negotiating with the music industry, …
ReadTim Benjamin’s ‘Life Stories’ and the opera revolution
Wednesday 22nd July '15
According to industry body BPI, sales of classical recordings fell by 5% last year and for many, the classical genre continues to carry a certain stigma, which is difficult to shake. It is no secret …
Read18th February: Creative subjects being squeezed out of poorer schools, classical sales declining year-on-year and NYC Night Shift.
Wednesday 18th February '15
Classical News IndependentCreative subjects being squeezed out of poorer schools, says major arts studySpecialist arts teachers in state schools have declined by 11 per centClassical Music MagazineClassical sales: declining year-on-year, and streaming fails to compensateSales of …
Read21st November: Sir Mark Elder renews contract at Hallé, Google fails to stamp out music piracy sites & criticism of Music Education Hubs
Thursday 21st November '13
GramophoneSir Mark Elder renews contract at Hallé until at least 2020Sir Mark Elder has renewed his contract with Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra, extending their much-praised partnership through until at least 2020.Classical Music MagazineGoogle warned of legal …
Read