30th March: Busking pianist fined for breaching COVID-19 rules and ‘causing a crowd’ in York, Artists’ initiative has not yet given up, Oxford professors call music notation ‘colonialist’
Tuesday 30th March '21
Busking pianist fined for breaching COVID-19 rules and ‘causing a crowd’ in YorkA pianist was fined £200 by police for breaching coronavirus regulations after “causing a crowd” while busking in York.Alistair Lawrence was playing a piano in the city …
Read15th September: Orchestra for disabled musicians, Cathedral bans music with Muslim call to prayer and HK minister encourages less formal performances
Tuesday 15th September '15
In today’s news, a Bristol-based orchestra uses technology to enable disabled musicians to perform, whereas the New York Times describes the concert hall as a refuge from the web-driven world. Also, NZ cathedral bans Karl …
Read17th July: Tasmin Little goes busking, Nicky Benedetti’s album hits top 20 of UK album charts & German radio station struggle with quotas
Thursday 17th July '14
Classical News The Independent Proms 2014: Tasmin Little is preparing for her 20th Proms - but busking is her real passionThe chart-topping violinist tells Jessica Duchen that her real passion is for performing for people who never …
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