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1st July: Ryedale Festival goes online, VOCES8 Foundation ‘Live From London’, Hamburg restarts cultural activities, breakfast at the Nice Opera House

Wednesday 1st July '20

Ryedale Festival goes online this year to create fantastic programme for fansIt will feature leading musicians including pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, Yorkshire-born soprano Rowan Pierce, organist Anna Lapwood, cellist Abel Selaocoe and violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen amongst …

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10th April: Health Secretary says music and dance therapy should be offered to dementia patients, HarrisonParrott to launch foundation supporting inclusivity and John Adams receives BBVA Foundation award

Wednesday 10th April '19

Music and dance therapy should be offered to dementia patients, research shows Music and dance sessions should be prescribed to more dementia patients in order to prevent ‘over-medicalised’ treatment, according to the Health Secretary.The announcement follows …

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28th 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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11th April: Steinway flagship store opens in New York, André Rieu launches a new waltz for the Queen and New Zealand String Quartet appoints new second violinist

Monday 11th April '16

Classical News In our news today: new Steinway flagship store opens in New York, a huge donation is made to the Royal Danish Opera, and André Rieu launches a new waltz for the Queen's 90th birthday. …

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29th January: Another stolen Stradivarius, Man dressed as Mozart for Super Bowl media, and string quartet pecking order revealed

Wednesday 29th January '14

BBC NewsHidden hierarchy in string quartets revealedScientists have come up with a way to reveal the pecking order within a string quartetMilwaukee Journal Sentinel'Priceless' Stradivarius violin stolen in armed robbery in MilwaukeeA 300-year-old Stradivarius violin …

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10th December: Audience boos La Traviata, the question of sacred music, and flash mob

Tuesday 10th December '13

The Guardian Polish tenor hits back after a 'fanatical minority' boos La Scala production Piotr Beczala says he will not take another role in Italy after section of audience boos new production of La TraviataLimelight MagazineWhat's the …

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