23rd February: Academy Awards, Britain’s problems with music education funding and trying to beat the world record “Drums4Peace”
Monday 23rd February '15
Classical News Guardian Simon Rattle is waving his baton at the wrong cause The charismatic conductor may get his way with a new concert hall, but classical music’s problems lie elsewhere, in Britain’s music education funding Telegraph Jonas Kaufmann: classical …
Read27th March: Vanska returns, Roth new Music Director in Cologne, Lang Lang’s app competition
Thursday 27th March '14
The GuardianBBC promises 'strongest commitment to the arts in a generation'New season will see extra £3m spent on productions of Shakespeare and live broadcasts from Glyndebourne and Hay.BBC Music MagazineChetham’s School of Music announces plans …
Read10th March: Gerard Mortier dies aged 70, first BBC Young Musician jazz award, & ‘deaf’ composer apologises for deception
Monday 10th March '14
The GuardianAvant-garde opera director Gerard Mortier dies aged 70 Belgian former artistic director of Madrid's Teatro Real is praised as 'visionary and generous figure.' The Fly music magazine closes after nearly 15 years Free monthly magazine that was …
Read27th September: Renée Fleming on Letterman, Gerard Mortier, and Inflatable Concert Hall
Friday 27th September '13
Classical Music MagazineProtest disrupts Met’s Eugene Onegin first nightThe Metropolitan Opera’s season-opening production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin on 23 September was disrupted briefly by a lone protester urging the house and its cast to take a public stand against …
Read11th September: Gramophone Awards, Concert etiquette and Big Band cuts
Wednesday 11th September '13
GramophoneThe 2013 Gramophone Classical Music Award-winning recordingsRecording of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, Young Artist of the Year, Label of the Year and Artist of the Year winners are discussed on the Gramophone website.The GuardianA quiet word about classical …
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