16th October: Villazón records Verdi, Violin Competitions, and Vexed Musicians Vote to Strike
Tuesday 16th October '12
GramophoneJoseph Joachim International Violin Competition awards two First PrizesAlexandra Conunova-Dumortier and Dami Kim each receive €50,000 and a Naxos CD recordingVillazón records Verdi arias for DGVerdi year begins – watch footage from the sessionClassic FMNeil …
Read27th June: Dr Dee, Edward Gardner and Jamie Philips
Wednesday 27th June '12
The GuardianThe fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern scienceAs Damon Albarn's opera opens in London, Carole Jahme wonders why Dee has been written out of the history of science.The Simon Bolivar …
Read23rd May: Frederick Delius, the Met and Ton Koopman
Wednesday 23rd May '12
The IndependentDelius: How a great British musical myth was bornA BBC film will shed light on the enigma of Frederick Delius.The GuardianBeethoven's 10th? Now there's a thought...The composer had plans to create 'a new gravitional …
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