5th March: Equity releases sexual harassment report, UK music and entertainment sales overtake print for first time, Primrose Viola Competition reveals 24 candidates for 2018 edition
Monday 5th March '18
In today's news, Equity releases sexual harrasment report, Primrose viola competition reveals 24 candidates for its 2018 event, UK music and entertainment surpasses print sales, Boston Symphony finds accusations against conductor Charles Dutoit credible, Australia Council …
Read30th June: Christian Thielemann to be music director at Bayreuth, William Tell: nudity and rape scene greete with boos at Royal Opera House, Sir Simon Rattle to be Artist-in-Association with Barbican Centre and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Tuesday 30th June '15
Classical News In today's news, The Times reports that a teenager has joined the cyborgs with a microchip implant and Eric Whitacre explains how music makes us happy. Nudity and a rape scene in the Royal …
Read8th June: Hugo Ticciati finds inspiration in the sitar and Scarlatti, BBC Music Day launched, Apple to launch new streaming platform
Monday 8th June '15
Classical News In today's news Hugo Ticciati finds inspiration in the sitar, Scarlatti, a hang drum and harmonics, David Patrick Stearns confiscates a Vienna concertgoer’s phone at a Philadelphia Orchestra performance, and six women are selected …
ReadMay 5th: Tung-Chieh Chuang wins Malko Competition, first trial for Elbphilharmonie, Apple techs are teaching Bach
Tuesday 5th May '15
Classical News In today's news, Tung-Chieh Chuang was announced as winner of the 2015 Malko competition, Clevelend.com gives a guide to classical music events in Northeast Ohio. Elsewhere, the NDR Sinfonieorchester will their season by "Der …
ReadMay 4th: Who invented the piano, Grigory Sokolov says that music never stops, Berlin Philharmonic chooses new conductor
Monday 4th May '15
Classical News In today's news, Bartolomeo Cristofori is celebrated in today's Google doodle as he invented the piano, performing arts producers talk about screenings which are negatively affecting their organisations and Emily Hall wins Corinthia Hotel's …
Read28th April: 11 year old boy youngest person to get music degree, BBC Proms’ problem is the lack of imagination, International Opera Awards are announced and latest news about new concert hall in Munich
Tuesday 28th April '15
Classical News In today’s news, 11 year old Curtis Elton is the youngest person to get a LTCL diploma from Trinity College, harsh critics of the BBC Proms and Carolyn Sampson talks about the about the …
Read20th April: Berlin Philharmonics to find new chief conductor, strikes at Berliner Staatsoper, interview with Patrick Hawes, IRR has been dissolved
Monday 20th April '15
Classical News In today's news the Berlin Philharmonic will announce their new chief conductor, Sir Simon Rattle's successor, on May 11. Again there is a strike at Berliner Staatsoper concerning the Berliner Staatsballett, which cancelled a …
Read31st March: Why the arts funding system doesn’t work, Birmingham Opera Company, Helmut Dietl dies at the age of 70
Tuesday 31st March '15
Classical News Telegraph Why the arts funding system doesn't work The experience of Mid Wales Opera demonstrates the drawbacks of arts funding in Britain, says Rupert Christiansen 9/11 opera Between Worlds envisages what happened inside the towers Opera has always …
Read9th March: Women composers, Cheltenham Music Festival, Game Developers Conference in San Francisco
Monday 9th March '15
Classical News Guardian Women composers: genius is gender blind – and so should we be Classical music’s past might be dominated by men, but we can ensure its future isn’t. I’m delighted to be part of Radio 3’s …
Read4th March: Sir Simon Rattle returns to London, Alison Balsom at the Bristol Proms, Eric Lu, 17, wins National US Chopin Competition
Wednesday 4th March '15
Classical News Guardian Simon Rattle: new concert hall was not precondition for accepting LSO job Rattle, who takes over as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2017, denies appointment was dependent on venue being built Telegraph All hail …
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