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30th September: Parents think classical music is ‘elitist’, Lindsey Stirling to join Andrea Bocelli UK tour and Atlanta Symphony president resigns.

Tuesday 30th September '14

TelegraphParents think classical music is 'elitist' and only listen to popThese days it is children who introduce classical music to their parents, says former Royal Harpist Catrin FinchDaniel Harding: conductor on a mission to revive …

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24th February: Closing ceremony classical at Sochi, classical music explodes, and Maria von Trapp

Monday 24th February '14

New York Daily NewsClassical music explodes, both in sales and in expanding boundariesAs crossover classical-pop performers like Andrea Bocelli and Lindsey Stirling sell tons of records, established pop, rock and roots musicians like Rufus Wainwright, …

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21st February: Music industry worth £3.5bn to UK economy & Classic FM & New York Daily News tell us why classical music alive & thriving

Friday 21st February '14

Classical Music MagazineMusic industry worth £3.5bn to the UK economy, says reportThe music industry is worth £3.5bn a year to the UK economy, according to a new report from UK Music, an organisation which lobbies …

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5th November: Ancient flute discovered, Peter Tatchell disrupts LSO concert and is 1D’s Niall Horan a failed classical musician?

Tuesday 5th November '13

United Press InternationalAncient bone flute suggests 9000 year old music tradition in ChinaThree flutes made from bird bones found in an tomb in central China are evidence remote ancestors played music long before they could …

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24th 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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13th August: Celebrating Stravinsky, the first Urban Prom and John Williams’ new score

Tuesday 13th August '13

New York TimesA Wild Ride Through Stravinsky's Early YearsBard Musical Festival celebrates 'Stravinsky and His World'The GuardianMusic Worlds collide in first Urban PromHip-hop acts including Laura Mvula, Fazer and Wretch 32 to perform with BBC …

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9th November: Digital Stands Replace Scores, Austrian Parliament Hosts Holocaust Opera, and Classical Music Christmas Lights

Friday 9th November '12

GramophoneSão Paulo Symphony Orchestra to record complete Villa-Lobos SymphoniesNaxos project will use entirely re-edited versions of the scoresClassic FMLindsey Stirling embraces video game music in Assassin's Creed videoThe latest high-concept video from violinist Lindsey Stirling …

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