21st September: Berliner Philharmonie increase capacity, music for ethnic minority dementia patients, and the inaugural “La Maestra”
Monday 21st September '20
Berliner Philharmonie to welcome more visitors in NovemberThe Berliner Philharmoniker will soon be able to play in front of a larger audience again. From November, 1,000 visitors will again be allowed in the Great Hall, …
Read20th July: Floating concert hall, is music the key to memory?
Thursday 20th July '17
In today's news, The Brighton Early Music Festival co-artistic director Clare Norburn to step down, cellist Yo-Yo Ma steps in to save floating concert hall, and Radio 3 and Wellcome Collection announce weekend of why …
ReadBBC Proms 2017 begins tonight!
Friday 14th July '17
Founded in 1895, the BBC Proms are a big part of British culture and the 2017 season begins tonight. For eight weeks of the summer, daily classical music concerts take place at the Royal Albert …
Read21st August: fresh ideas for Edinburgh Festival, Pullman in favour of music education, tips for performing from memory
Friday 21st August '15
Classical News In today's news, The Edinburgh Festival must look to Manchester for fresh ideas, Philip Pullman speaks up in favour of music education and 7 tips for performing from memory from The Strad. The Times Richard Morrison: ‘The Edinburgh …
Read8th May:Lesley Garrett records appeal for Help Musicians UK, Is playing from memory a party trick or a musical revelation? And Tête à Tête announces 2015 opera festival.
Friday 8th May '15
Classical News In today's news Richard Morrison asks if playing from memory is a gimmick or a bold feat of collective virtuosity ahead of the Aurora Orchestra's BBC Proms concerts. Lesley Garrett is to record an …
Read1st December: Christmas debut for all-girls Canterbury Cathedral choir: In defence of the Viola: World Choral Day
Monday 1st December '14
Classical News The StradUK’s Birmingham Conservatoire unveils plans for its new homeThe facility is set to open in 2017The TelegraphFirst Canterbury Cathedral all-girl choir makes its Christmas concert debutThe first ever Canterbury Cathedral girls' choir is …
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