30th March: Busking pianist fined for breaching COVID-19 rules and ‘causing a crowd’ in York, Artists’ initiative has not yet given up, Oxford professors call music notation ‘colonialist’
Tuesday 30th March '21
Busking pianist fined for breaching COVID-19 rules and ‘causing a crowd’ in YorkA pianist was fined £200 by police for breaching coronavirus regulations after “causing a crowd” while busking in York.Alistair Lawrence was playing a piano in the city …
ReadJuly 10th: Concert crowds soar, and OAE announces Rising Stars
Monday 10th July '17
In today's news: The number of people watching live music has risen in the past year, OAE announces first Rising Stars cohort, and John Axelrod's big plans for the Bernstein Centennial. Spotify denies it is …
Read2nd December: Esa-Pekka Salonen, latest Google doodle, and music for young ears
Monday 2nd December '13
BBC NewsEsa-Pekka Salonen: 10 tips to becoming a conductorEsa-Pekka Salonen's career took off when he stood in at the last minute for a sick conductor when he was just 25. Almost 25 years later, he was recently …
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