27th May: Sun Valley Music Festival goes online, Concert Halls in North Rhine-Westphalia Open, Composers create new union, APAP Names New President and CEO
Wednesday 27th May '20
Sun Valley Music Festival goes onlineThis year’s Sun Valley Music Festival, usually based in the resort city of Sun Valley in Blaine County, Idaho, USA, is to take place online, from 27 July to 19 …
Read17th May: PRS for Music’s new CEO, BBC NOW announces 2019/20 season and an appeal is launched for Notre-Dame donations
Friday 17th May '19
PRS for Music announces new CEO Andrea C. Martin has been appointed chief executive of PRS for Music and will take up the position on 17 June.Martin has worked for a diverse range of data-focused and subscription-based organisations …
Read5th July: Moritzburg Festival starts today & Unesco chair for musicology Weimar/Jena inaugurated
Wednesday 5th July '17
In today's news: Euphonium player mixes it with a sax mouthpiece, and Spotify and Apple Music jumped by more than 69% subscribers in the US during first half of the year. Moritzburg Festival close to …
ReadThe Academy of Ancient Music appoint Alexander Van Ingen as Chief Executive
Tuesday 28th February '17
The Academy of Ancient Music, the world-renowned period instrument orchestra and choir, has appointed Alexander Van Ingen as its new Chief Executive.Alexander joins from Decca Classics where he was an Executive Producer in charge of …
Read25th October: Tchumburidze wins 15th Wieniawski Violin Competition, RAH appoints new chief executive & British Composer Awards 2016
Tuesday 25th October '16
Classical News In today's classical news, Veriko Tchumburidze receives the top prize of €30,000 following her performance of Wieniawski’s Second Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto in the finals of 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin …
Read23rd October: Classical music and prejudice, Concert halls for refurbishment, and voices at risk
Wednesday 23rd October '13
London Evening StandardStradivarius violin which thieves tried to flog for £100 set to fetch £2m at auctionA Stradivarius violin stolen by thieves who tried to sell it for £100 could make more than £2 million …
Read17th September: Pavarotti, Alison Balsom and LSO with Rigoletto performance
Tuesday 17th September '13
Classic FM OnlinePavarotti to win Lifetime Achievement Award at Classic BRIT Awards 2013Fifty years after his first recording and TV broadcast, the legendary tenor will be honoured with a posthumous award at the ceremony at …
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