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13 June: 2017 Cliburn winners, new monologues for BBC Music Day, and new platform for classical musicians wins Midemlabs

Tuesday 13th June '17

In today's news Radio 3 are considering removing BBC branding from new podcasts to encourage more young people to listen. The winner of the 2017 Cliburn Competition has been announced, and a new platform for …

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13th February: £1 million endowment for young musicians, artist ownership debate at Grammy’s, opera and the human psyche

Monday 13th February '17

In today's news, The National Endowment for Music aims to support pupils' musical ability by donating £1 million to the Arts Council of Wales to aid after-school music services that were affected by cuts. Frank Ocean …

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7th February: Conducting’s gender problem, Ravel Museum closes, John Adams joins RAM

Tuesday 7th February '17

 In today's Classical News, Imogen Tilden tackles conducting's gender problem, and the Ravel Museum in Montfort-l'Amaury shuts abruptly.  Composer John Adams joins the Royal Academy of Music as a visiting professor, and Southbank Sinfonia announce …

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14th June: Nottingham’s Von Trapp family, London’s pop-up opera and Singapore cuts same-sex kiss

Tuesday 14th June '16

Classical News In our news today, comic pop-up events in London are supposed to revolutionise opera, the RNCM gold medal competition names its winners & a same-sex kiss in the musical Les Miserables in Singapore has been …

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6th January – Alan Walker honoured by Hungarian government plus Frank Gehry to design ‘Don Giovanni’ for the LA Philharmonic

Friday 6th January '12

Jessica Duchen's Classical Music BlogAccolade For Alan.Dr Alan Walker, whose three-volume biography of Franz Liszt is now the definitive text on last year's bicentenary supremo, has been awarded a top honour by the Government of …

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