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24th January: a new festival for Norwich, disaster for cellist with United Airlines, Kennedy Center 2017-18 Season Launch

Tuesday 24th January '17

 In today’s classical news, pop music takes over classical choices on the popular BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs, and the Brook Street Band announce a new festival to take place in Norwich.  Trouble for …

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14th October: LGBT rights protesters at Carnegie Hall, soaring violin prices and Gramophone sold

Monday 14th October '13

New York TimesGay Rights Protests Follow Gergiev to Carnegie HallGay rights advocates protested against a performance of the Mariinsky Orchestra led by Valery Gergiev outside Carnegie Hall on Thursday night. There was heckling inside the …

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28th August: Love, Leeds, and Amadeus Leopold

Tuesday 28th August '12

GuardianTom Service on the Royal Albert Hall'My love affair with classical music's moshpit'Classic FMLang Lang to be Global Ambassador for Leeds CompThe Leeds International Piano Competition, led by Dame Fanny Waterman, has selected Lang Lang …

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31st January – Lyon Opera, Messiaen and Desert Island Discs

Tuesday 31st January '12

TelegraphHow An Opera House In France Is Turning Darkness Into Light.Michael White on Lyon Opera.Messiaen And His Birds: The Best Animal Species To Inspire Music?Lucy Jones on the obsession and almost spiritual reverance in Messiaen …

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Classical Music News – 14th June

Tuesday 14th June '11

Every day the WildKat team scan newspapers, websites and blogs for interesting classical music news, and now we’ve decided to publish our lists so that you can get a classical music news summary each day. …

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