19th September: Arts Council with quantitative measures of arts quality, Kyung Wha Chung postpones 2016 UK tour & Pietari Inkinen new chief conductor of DRP
Monday 19th September '16
Classical News In our news today, Arts Council imposes quantitative measures of arts quality, violinist Kyung Wha Chung postpones 2016 UK tour due to finger injury, and Warner Classics is Label of the Year At Gramophone …
Read6th September: BBC Proms in car park, flexibility needed with arts subjects & Vengerov appointed professor at RCM
Tuesday 6th September '16
Classical News In today's news, the BBC Proms swapped the Royal Albert Hall for a car park in Peckham to perform three of Steve Reich's pieces, GCSE results show more flexibility is needed with arts subjects in …
Read27th April: Anna Netrebko withdraws from Norma, Scottish Opera’s new season & Esa-Pekka Salonen at Met Opera
Wednesday 27th April '16
Classical News In today's news, Anna Netrebko surprisingly withdraws from singing at Royal Opera's Norma, Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen to work with Metropolitan Opera, Google offers a virtual tour through the Sydney Opera House and Scottish Opera announces …
Read26th January: UK’s orchestras to get tax relief, WDR 3 Jazzfest, scandal at Palau de les Arts Valencia
Monday 26th January '15
Classical News Guardian UK's orchestras to get tax relief The measure, aimed to encourage performances across the UK, brings British orchestras in line with theatre and film industries Telegraph The tragedy of Europe's great forgotten female composer Vítězslava Kaprálová was on …
Read5th December: Orchestras in line for a tax break, BBC Concert Orchestra announced as associate orchestra of Southbank and how do you stop coughing during a classical concert?
Friday 5th December '14
Classical News TelegraphOrchestras and children's TV producers in line for tax break from Autumn StatementGeorge Osborne gives unexpected cash boost to firms behind children's TV shows and opens consultation on orchestra tax reliefClassic FMKyung Wha Chung …
Read4th December: Minnesota Orchestra loss of $650,000, making music together promotes integration, Karajan: a new film
Thursday 4th December '14
Classical News The Guardian Was Kyung Wha Chung right to upbraid a coughing child disturbing her recital? A violinist has suggested to a child’s parents they ‘bring her back when she’s older’. Fair enough? Karajan: a new film – …
Read28th November: Injured violinist spent 10 years playing music in her head, Dartington announces first programme under Joanna MacGregor’s leadership and The Really Big Chorus to usher in the festive season with double Messiah.
Friday 28th November '14
Classical News GuardianSongs of exiles: rescuing ‘degenerate music’ from the shadowsThe Nazi campaign against so-called ‘degenerate music’, saw works by such composers as Weill, Schoenberg and Hindemith denounced and suppressed. More than 70 years later, much …
Read12th November: Venezuela’s El Sistema music scheme is ‘model of tyranny’, ENO blames Arts Council cuts after production of Orfeo is cancelled and Dickon Stainer appointed to lead Universal’s classical activities.
Wednesday 12th November '14
Classical News GuardianVenezuela’s El Sistema music scheme is ‘model of tyranny’, UK academic saysSupporters rush to defend ‘beacon of social justice’ as study shows project fails to reach disadvantaged youthIndependentENO blames Arts Council cuts after production …
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