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 …
Read6th October: how to make classical music more approachable, Vienna Symphony under financial review, musicians fight homelessness
Friday 6th October '17
In today’s news: Clemency Burton-Hill on where to start your classical music experiences, musicians fight homelessness and Lawrence Ball explains his spiritual approach to music. Australian classical performances generated more than one billion dollars, while …
Read19th May: BBC Young Musician of the Year, violin strung with human hair & sword swallower makes opera debut
Monday 19th May '14
Classical Music MagazineBBC Young Musician 2014: 17-year-old pianist Martin James BartlettPianist Martin James Bartlett is the winner of the BBC Young Musician 2014 competition, which took place at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on 18 May. The …
Read25th November: Britten commemoration spreads worldwide, tweet seats & opera from nine perspectives
Monday 25th November '13
Guardian Singing for Britten: commemoration of composer Benjamin spreads worldwide A commemoration of the British composer Benjamin Britten, which was initially confined to his home county of Suffolk, spread to 13 countries across the world. About 100,000 singers from …
Read1st November: ‘Performing Global Warming,’ new ‘Universal Music Classics’ label and 9 year old opera singer wows Holland’s got talent
Friday 1st November '13
New York TimesPerforming Global WarmingTwo students of global warming with a love of music explore the role of the arts in engaging the public on subtle environmental changes.Work by Britten Resurfaces at American Ballet TheatreA …
Read11th March: Proms, Prokofiev and Performance Pictures
Monday 11th March '13
Classic FMNicola Benedetti and Daniel Hope to headline Bristol PromsA new series of concerts, The Bristol Proms, have been unveiled, and will feature performers including Nicola Benedetti and Daniel Hope.Around the World In 18 Tunes - the …
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