25th April: British Airways mark centenary with new composition, Royal Academy of Music partners with Czech Philharmonic and Berlin reaches new heights as a cultural centre
Thursday 25th April '19
British Airways engineer re-imagines famous theme from Lakmé to mark airline’s centenary To mark its centenary, British Airways has released a new composition based on the famous piece of music, Flower Duet, which featured in Delibes’ …
Read9th June: Bass trombonist wins Royal Over-seas League Competition & Last tickets for Bayreuther Festspiele
Friday 9th June '17
In today's news: Bass trombonist wins Royal Over-seas League Competition, and the last tickets for Bayreuther Festspiele are being sold on sunday. Barenboim takes up YouTube series, and a new book about Maria Callas is …
Read11th November: Claudio Abbado laid to rest in his ‘magical place’, Royal Opera ‘being paid less than Box Office staff’, Stop studying Arts if you want a good job, minister says
Tuesday 11th November '14
Classic FMGreat conductor Claudio Abbado laid to rest in his 'magical place'Maestro Abbado's family have moved his body to the Swiss mountains, the scene of some of his finest concert performances.Dancers for Royal Opera ‘being …
Read10th September: Clean Bandit to join BBC Philharmonic, Han-Na Chang resigns from Qatar Philharmonic and winners of 21st Johannes Brahms Competition announced.
Wednesday 10th September '14
Classical News GuardianClean Bandit to join BBC Philharmonic orchestra for Zane Lowe's Radio 1 showA line up of five lead vocalists will join electronic group Clean Bandit and the 70-strong BBC Philharmonic orchestra in a ground-breaking …
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