2nd May: CBSO announces 2019-20 season, Wigmore Hall International Song Competition announces competitors and an interview with Maria de Alvear
Thursday 2nd May '19
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces 2019-20 centenary season CBSO has launched the first season of a two-year-long centenary celebration, with events, commissions and initiatives inspired by the orchestra’s history and its hopes for the future.Highlights …
Read29th April: Kurt Weill opera to be heard again after 80 years, Music for Syria aims to raise £90,000 in 90 minutes and Bundesjugendorchester celebrates 50th anniversary
Monday 29th April '19
Kurt Weill opera silenced by Nazis to be heard again after 80 years German composer Kurt Weill is ranked high among the best of the 20th century and his music remains popular outside the classical world, from the …
Read24th April: Mariss Jansons to leave Royal Concertgebouw, MU Champions Milton Keynes music co-operative & Jeffrey Kahane to step down at LA Chamber Orchestra
Thursday 24th April '14
Classic FM OnlineMariss Jansons to leave Royal ConcertgebouwThe seventh chief conductor in the orchestra's 126-year history is stepping down from his position of leadership of the Amsterdam orchestra.The Telegraph Better musicians 'more attractive to women' Women at …
Read18th April: Royal Philharmonic Society Awards shortlist announced and Plácido Domingo in London
Wednesday 18th April '12
The IndependentLa Scala chief's anger lack of state funding for the artsThe artistic director of La Scala has warned that the celebrated opera house is "dangerously close" to privatisation.BBC Music MagazineRoyal Philharmonic Society Awards shortlist …
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