Launch of the b•concerts platform
Monday 11th April '22
The live music label, b•records, is diversifying its activities and launching b•concerts, a completely free access platform that offers streaming archives of unreleased classical and jazz concerts, a web radio and podcastsb•concerts was born from …
ReadMarch 19th – March 25th: Report States ‘Critical Time For Music Education’, In Honour of Michail Jurowski, Bolshoi Star Ballerina Flees Moscow, Interlochen and NY Philharmonic Collaborate
Friday 25th March '22
ISM Report Reveals 'A Critical Time For Music Education'The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has published its latest report on music education in England, revealing ‘huge inequalities’ in the provision, ‘inadequate funding’, and ‘devastating testimony’ from music …
Read8th January: ‘Pupils should continue to have access to a quality arts education’, says DfE, No reopening of the cultural venues before February, International Telemann Competition postponed
Friday 8th January '21
‘Pupils should continue to have access to a quality arts education’, says DfEThe Department for Education (DfE) has today published guidance for education provision during the third national lockdown, stating that arts subjects should continue …
Read28th July : Music education, German Orchestra Association, “The Nutcracker” cancelled
Tuesday 28th July '20
Music must be central to the curriculum catch-up, sector leaders urgeSector leaders have called on the Education Secretary to ensure music education is central to the curriculum when schools fully reopen in September.The Incorporated Society …
Read17th July: ‘It puts me off’, Beethoven anniversary despite Corona, Paris Opera subscriptions
Friday 17th July '20
'It puts me off': musicians on why white syllabuses deter black talentMore than 4,000 people have signed a petition calling on the exam board of the UK’s royal schools of music to include more black …
Read8th April: Cheltenham Music Festival cancelled, #MusikerNothilfe distributes over 1 million euros, Teaching music during confinement
Wednesday 8th April '20
Cheltenham Music Festival cancelledCheltenham Music Festival has been cancelled due to concerns around the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The organisers have stated the Cheltenham Literary Festival, due to be held in October, will be expanded to include …
Read24th May: Music for Youth announces relationship with Barbican, Ivor Novello Award winners, and Gidon Kremer announces retirement from performing
Friday 24th May '19
Music for Youth announces new relationship with the Barbican Music for Youth (MFY) has announced the beginning of a new relationship with the Barbican, with an event in the Barbican Hall on 23 March 2020 in …
ReadMarch 27th: RPO head on music education, and Marching for music at the People’s Vote March
Wednesday 27th March '19
‘Music needs to stay on the school curriculum’, says head of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra A leading British orchestra has expressed its concern over the dwindling presence of music in schools, saying ‘teenagers need reassurance that …
Read9th November: Poor families priced out of music lessons and EUYO commemorates the Armistice
Friday 9th November '18
What happened in this week's Classical News? Poorer children in UK priced out of learning to play musical instruments, report warns ‘To deny people who cannot afford music lessons the possibility of trying is criminal’ - David Arnold, composerPoorer …
Read28th September: Women in Music Power List 2018, Musician’s touring visas and Met Opera commissions female composers
Friday 28th September '18
What happened in this week's #ClassicalNews? Top industry names honoured in BBC Woman's Hour power list Beyoncé has been named music's most powerful woman by BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.The superstar came first in a list of …
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