8th 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 …
Read29th June: Beer, Bach, tweets and Tavener, and Berlin Philharmonic manager steps down
Thursday 29th June '17
In today's classical news: Beer, Bach, tweets and Tavener, older audiences know how to listen properly, and RNCM announces 2017 Honorands. After seven years Martin Hoffmann steps down as manager of the Berlin Philharmonic, and …
Read10th March: New Order at Manchester International Festival
Friday 10th March '17
In today's news: a guide to newly opened Pierre-Boulez hall, a short profile of baritone Sir Bryn Terfell, and conductor Václav Luks is awarded Mozart Prize, the ICMA trophy revealed in Paris, Cheltenham festival programme …
Read16th June: The one-handed pianist paying tribute to the soldiers of the Somme, BBC plans primary school classical music campaign and Queen’s Birthday Honours List celebrates classical music
Monday 16th June '14
Classical News The Times The one-handed pianist paying tribute to the soldiers of the Somme Nicholas McCarthy, who plays the piano one-handed, will be at the forefront of a Cheltenham Music Festival concert recalling all those who suffered …
Read9th July: Cinematic Opera, Words for Gershwin, and Brynfest
Monday 9th July '12
The TelegraphWhat Cinematic Opera Means for the Real ThingThere are drastically changing patterns of demand in the opera world: Opera audiences outside London are increasingly elderly, and no amount of proselytising in schools or groovy …
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