15th May: An old building fit for modern times? & Victoria Wood gets own statue
Monday 15th May '17
In today’s news: Victoria Wood gets her own bronze statue, listen to the drunk version of the Wedding March, and is the Royal Albert Hall fit for modern times? Interview with Antonio Pappani, a call …
Read5th May: Music Festival’s Action Against Sexual Assault & Dudamel against Venezuelan government
Friday 5th May '17
In today's news: a nightingale inspires music, Dudamel pushes against Venezuelan government. Not enough compensation for a broken bass, and the end of moshpits? Soprano Agnes Giebel dies at the age of 95, and the …
Read1st June: Mighty Mouse is saving the Philadelphia Orchestra, Ji Young Lim wins 2015 Queen Elisabeth competition and John Suchet’s tribute to Peter Cropper
Monday 1st June '15
Classical News In today's news Peter Cropper, leader of the Lindsay Quartet, has died aged 69. Ji Young Lim has taken first prize in the 2015 Queen Elisabeth competition and Anna Netrebko speaks to the Guardian about her …
Read24th March: Disability and the arts, Royal College of Music’s new performance simulator, Rhinegold TV launches
Tuesday 24th March '15
Classical News The GuardianDisability and the arts: the best of times, the worst of timesIntroducing a new series on disability arts, producer Jo Verrent looks at some of the key issues affecting disabled artists and organisations …
Read13th August- Orchestra ‘adapt or die’, crowd-funding for the arts, music improves reading and language.
Wednesday 13th August '14
Classical News The TimesIván Fischer: Symphony orchestras have only a few decades leftIvan Fischer gives orchestras of the twenty-first century the prognosis of ‘adapt or die’.Guardian How to crowdfund your next arts project – live chatA live …
Read24th July: Austrian Cross of Honour for David Pountney, more money for music education in the UK, Peter Seiffert new chamber singer
Thursday 24th July '14
Classical News South Wales Evening PostWelsh National Opera’s David Pountney awarded the Austrian Cross of HonourWelsh National Opera’s Chief Executive and Artistic Director, David Pountney, has been awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and …
Read3rd April: the world of Anton Bruckner, Sir Neville Marriner at 90 & the new Orchestival 2014
Thursday 3rd April '14
The GuardianSex, death and dissonance: the strange, obsessive world of Anton Bruckner There's no doubt Anton Bruckner was an oddball, a man with an unhealthy interest in dead bodies and teenage girls. But the composer's obsessions …
Read29th 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 …
Read8th November: From Footballer to Baritone, MSO Chorus Director scandal, and John Suchet wins international award
Friday 8th November '13
The Guardian The footballer who became a baritone and performed with Pavarotti Jeff Taylor the footballing baritone's story starts on the school football pitches of HuddersfieldLondon Jazz NewsEFG London Jazz Festival Preview: Sebastian Scotney On Jazz Line-Up Tomorrow Saturday …
Read24th October: Aboriginal opera singer, music at Prince George’s christening and YouTube music awards
Thursday 24th October '13
GuardianDeborah Cheetham: The world's only Aboriginal opera singerSoprano Deborah Cheetham, who forcibly taken from her Aboriginal parents, talks about 'Pecan Summer,' an opera telling the stories of Aboriginal repression in the twentieth century. GramophoneBudapest’s Liszt …
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