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13th May: Kah Chun Wong wins Mahler Competition, campaign to save EUYO & potential hit for Scottish Opera

Friday 13th May '16

Classical News In our news today, Kah Chun Wong wins the Bamberg Symphony’s Mahler Conducting Competition, a campaign has been launched to save the European Union Youth Orchestra and Scottish Opera might have a hit with …

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7th September: Stravinsky’s grave song rediscovered, a new architectural project for a concert hall in Munich, Jonas Kaufmann singing the British national anthem

Monday 7th September '15

Classical News In today's news, the Guardian announces an old manuscript of Igor Stravinsky has been rediscovered and The Times reports of Jonas Kaufmann's upcoming appearance at the Last Night of the Proms. Also interviews with …

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24th July: why Glyndebourne chorus is crucial, student creates Styrofoam-covered cello, conductor sentenced to 12 months in prison

Friday 24th July '15

Classical News In today's news, Rupert Christiansen on why the Glyndebourne chorus is crucial, Ghent student creates Styrofoam-covered cello to amplify sound and conductor Joseph Cullen is sentenced to 12 months in prison for sexual abuse. The Telegraph Why …

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5th June: Nico Muhly and Iestyn Davies interviewed, Montreal International Musical Competition announced three winners, 25 year old opera composer Matthew Aucoin does it all

Friday 5th June '15

Classical News In today's classical news The Telegraph features an interview with Nico Muhly and Iestyn Davies, Chausson’s opera has languished in the shadows for over a century and The Large Hadron Collider has 'composed' a …

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25th July: Music competitions corrupt, phones encouraged at opera and Barenboim speaks out.

Friday 25th July '14

Classical News The TelegraphJulian Lloyd Webber: the majority of music competitions are corruptHaving retired earlier this year Julian Lloyd Webber returns to the news ahead of a talk at Birmingham City University, where he will advise …

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8th January: The Queen doesn’t like dissonance, classical performers’ fashion sense is becoming more eccentric, & the WaterAid H2Orchestra

Wednesday 8th January '14

Classic FM OnlinePlaying violin for an hour sheds two glasses of wineGreat news for dieting musicians: a new estimates that one hour of violin playing will burn around 170 calories, which is equivalent to two …

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19th December: New Steinway owner, The Rest Is Noise closes & Radio 3 to broadcast every Strauss opera

Thursday 19th December '13

TelegraphStolen Stradivarius sold for £1.4 million at Tarisio auction house A Stradivarius violin once offered for sale by a thief for £100 has fetched almost 14,000 times that much at auction. Five carols ripe for revival Each Christmas, …

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