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24th June: Andrei Kymach wins BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, classical music gets lost in metadata and Blind gehört Live returns

Monday 24th June '19

Andrei Kymach wins BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 Baritone Andrei Kymach, from Ukraine, was announced as the winner of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 on Saturday 22 June.During the final round held …

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9th April: Help Musicians UK reopens Do It Differently fund, Longborough Festival Opera announces 2020 season and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester presents the 2019/20 season

Tuesday 9th April '19

Help Musicians UK reopens 360-degree Do It Differently fund Help Musicians UK, the independent charity for musicians, has today opened the second round of its most celebrated fund, Do It Differently.Do It Differently represents the most …

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April 4th: The Met puts on opera for babies, Bowhead whales sing jazz, German theatres and orchestra apply to UNESCO World Heritage

Wednesday 4th April '18

In todays news: Ycat select finalists, baby-opera is coming to the Met, Bowhead whales sing jazz, Mozart is played with light beams, the Dublin Piano Competition turns 30, Alan Gilbert's plans for the NDR Elbphilharmonie …

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3rd November: Muhammad Ali’s life turned into an opera, a great performance of Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ to watch at home, and music as the oldest form of art

Friday 3rd November '17

In today's classical news: How Muhammad Ali's life was turned into an opera, a video of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks with Riccardo Muti conducting Verdi's 'Requiem',  Sophie Lewis is appointed as NCO Managing Director. …

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2nd December: RAM appointed 2 news visiting professors, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra & La musique aux enfants

Friday 2nd December '16

Classical News In today's classical news, The Royal Academy of Music has appointed 2 new visiting professors, cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Bengt Forsberg. To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of composer Sergei Prokofiev, the renowned Mariinsky Theatre …

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25th October: Tchumburidze wins 15th Wieniawski Violin Competition, RAH appoints new chief executive & British Composer Awards 2016

Tuesday 25th October '16

Classical News In today's classical news, Veriko Tchumburidze receives the top prize of €30,000 following her performance of Wieniawski’s Second Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto in the finals of 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin …

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20th May: Royal Opera House celebrates 150th La Traviata, St John’s Smith Square announces its Young Artists for 2015-16 and BBC Ten Pieces project extended to secondary schools

Wednesday 20th May '15

Classical News In today's news the Royal Opera House has celebrated its 150th performance of Verdi's La Traviata and Katie Derham presents a special podcast about Donizetti's Poliuto, which will open the 2015 Glyndebourne Season. St …

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4th September: Tudormania at the opera, Spotify, and Bear Hunts at the Proms

Wednesday 4th September '13

The TimesThree Queens of opera join forces to revive the Tudor dynastyFor the first time in the UK Donizetti’s Three Queens will be performed complete — Tudormania is invading our opera houses.GramophoneBritish Film Institute celebrates …

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2nd September: Katherine Jenkins, Goldfish and the Metropolitan Opera

Monday 2nd September '13

The GuardianOpera singer Katherine Jenkins rejoins old record labelJenkins returns to Universal-owned Decca after Welsh mezzo-soprano was dropped by Warner MusicBBC Music MagazineNew York’s Metropolitan Opera to improve seatingThe Metropolitan Opera in New York is …

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26th October: Twilight meets Tchaikovsky, Tenth Arts & Kids Week, and Tcherniakov’s Opera Forbode

Friday 26th October '12

GramophoneOpera Rara records Donizetti’s opera Belisario'One of the most significant' Donizetti operas yet to be widely known, says conductor Sir Mark ElderClassic FMLaurence Llewelyn-Bowen becomes Children & the Arts ambassadorLaurence Llewelyn-Bowen speaks passionately about his …

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