LIVE From London –Summer 2022
Monday 4th July '22
‘Super-Choral, Super-Excellent’: The VOCES8 Foundation’s Online Festival Returns For Summertime SplendourThe seventh iteration of the VOCES8 Foundation’s LIVE From London global online festival will run from 23 July to 18 September 2022.This sunny edition …
Read18th September: Gramophone Awards Highlights, Connolly on Arts Education and Sir David Willcocks Obituary
Friday 18th September '15
Classical News In today's news, Classic FM reports on Gramophone Awards highlights, and Sarah Connolly argues that the government neglects arts education and funding at its peril. Also, BBC Music Magazine writes Sir David Willcock's obituary Classic FM Gramophone …
Read30 October: Orchestra plays wrong concerto and pianist Lang Lang is UN Messenger of Peace
Wednesday 30th October '13
The TelegraphPianist Maria João Pires panics as she realises the orchestra has started the wrong concerto…Maria João Pires was ready to play a Mozart piano concerto with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw conducted by Riccardo Chailly, only to …
Read3rd January: Classical Concerts in Caves, Composition by Computers and a Search for Singers
Thursday 3rd January '13
GramophoneNicola Benedetti and John Butt receive honoursViolinist 'deeply honoured' to receive MBEClassic FMRoyal Opera House calls for Verdi videosMarking Verdi's 200th birthday year, the Royal Opera House is searching for singers to perform their own video …
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