21 December: BBC Proms Japan, Global Awards return and Mozart goes digital
Friday 21st December '18
What happened in this week's #ClassicalNews? BBC Proms announces the launch of BBC Proms Japan The BBC Proms has announced that it will be adding Japan to its growing list of international tours, following Australia in 2016 …
Read14th December: Grammy nominations, Maximilian Orders and saving Stradivari’s spruces
Friday 14th December '18
What happened in this week's #ClassicalNews? Classical Grammy nominations announced The 2018 Grammy nominations have been announced, with several string performances among the classical contenders.Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet were nominated in the Best Chamber Music/Small …
Read23rd November: BBC’s Richard Baker dies, BVMI criticises YouTube’s anti-Article 13 campaign
Friday 23rd November '18
Bundesverband Musikindustrie criticises YouTube campaign against Article 13 Germany's music industry association BVMI criticizes the YouTube campaign against Article 13 of the planned EU copyright reform. "The current version of Article 13 is the result of intense …
Read9th November: Poor families priced out of music lessons and EUYO commemorates the Armistice
Friday 9th November '18
What happened in this week's Classical News? Poorer children in UK priced out of learning to play musical instruments, report warns ‘To deny people who cannot afford music lessons the possibility of trying is criminal’ - David Arnold, composerPoorer …
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 …
Read21st September: Eric Lu wins Leeds Piano, Spitalfields announce 2018 lineup
Friday 21st September '18
Friday #ClassicalNews Round Up US pianist Eric Lu wins top prize at Leeds competition The 19th Leeds piano competition was won on Saturday night by Eric Lu, a 20-year-old from Boston in the United States, whose sparkling and supremely …
ReadWildKat’s Founder, Kat, shortlisted for Women of the Future Awards 2018
Thursday 20th September '18
We are incredibly proud to announce that our founder, Kat Alder, has been shortlisted for the Arts and Culture category at the Women of the Future Awards 2018!The Women of the Future Awards, founded by …
Read20th September: Classical Pianist replaces concert halls with the outdoors and Belgian oud player helps refugees preserve musical culture
Thursday 20th September '18
Today's Classical News Round-Up Belgian builds musical bridge across the Bosphorus Belgian musician Tristan Driessens found his inspiration and his calling east of the Bosphorus, becoming one of the West's few masters of the oud and of …
Read19th September: The International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments takes place in Warsaw
Wednesday 19th September '18
The 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments is a triumph in Warsaw When it comes to the making of pianistic history, no venue worldwide has witnessed more than Warsaw’s Philharmonic Hall. The annals of the …
Read18th September: Marcel Johannes Kits wins Enescu Cello Competition and Ariane Matiakh is the new music director of the Halle Staatskapelle
Tuesday 18th September '18
Classical Music - News Round-Up Estonian cellist Marcel Johannes Kits wins George Enescu International Cello Competition The Estonian cellist Marcel Johannes Kits has won first prize in the cello category of the George Enescu International Competition after …
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