15th October: Chineke! launches 2019/20 season, Arvo Pärt Centre draws positive initial balance, the noisemakers are resurfacing
Tuesday 15th October '19
Chineke! launches 2019/20 seasonChineke! launches its 2019/20 season this month, marking its fourth year with a series of concerts across the UK, Europe and the USA. Highlights include:- Spotlight on the ‘forgotten’ …
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 …
Read28th September: Women in Music Power List 2018, Musician’s touring visas and Met Opera commissions female composers
Friday 28th September '18
What happened in this week's #ClassicalNews? Top industry names honoured in BBC Woman's Hour power list Beyoncé has been named music's most powerful woman by BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.The superstar came first in a list of …
Read15th February: Dame Julie Walters joins Classic FM lineup, Lord saves opera fairies and the politics of opera
Thursday 15th February '18
In today's classical music news, veteran actor Dame Julie Walters will join the presenter lineup at Classic FM for a new Saturday show, Chineke! boosts BME representation in UK musical ensembles, YouTube Red launches internationally …
Read28th January: Wigmore Hall partners with medici.tv, death of Duval & Julian Lloyd Webber BMI president
Thursday 28th January '16
Classical News In today's news, Wigmore Hall announces new partnership with medici.tv and Gramophone Magazine reports that soprano Denise Deval has died. Also, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber is named Birmingham and Midland Institute president and a task …
Read2nd October: Radio 3’s new artists, Opera Holland Park announces independence & Nicola Benedetti becomes vice- president of National Children’s Orchestra
Friday 2nd October '15
In today's news, Classic FM reports on Nicola Benedetti's appointment as vice-president of the National Children's Orchestra, Opera Holland Park announces independence, Ivan Hewett explains how ancient barriers to classical music no longer exist & …
Read2nd September: ROSL ARTS director dies after being hit by bus, Europe’s first professional orchestra of black and minority ethnic musicians launches, and why does music give us chills?
Wednesday 2nd September '15
Classical News In today's news a man has been charged with murder after Natalia Strelchenko was found dead of head and neck injuries. The Guardian looks inside Max Richter's vinyl collection and answer the question: why …
Read4th August: John Rutter celebrates 70, David Garrett cancel Proms appearance, and applying the John Lewis model to orchestras.
Tuesday 4th August '15
Classical News In today's news John Rutter celebrates his 70th birthday, and violinist David Garrett cancels his Proms in the Park appearance in London. Classical Music Magazine asks if the John Lewis model can be applies …
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