16th October – 22nd October: Gateways Music Festival Awarded $800,000, In Honour of Bernard Haitink & Edita Gruberova, Two New York Orchestras Return
Friday 22nd October '21
Gateways Music Festival awarded $800,000 from Andrew W. Mellon FoundationGateways Music Festival has today announced, in association with the Eastman School of Music, the receipt of an $800,000 award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. …
Read4th October: Pinsent Masons becomes new In Harmony Opera North ambassador, Diskussionsrunde zur Chorförderung für Mädchen in Deutschland, Le Palazzetto Bru Zane fête ses 10 ans, en Gala au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Friday 4th October '19
Pinsent Masons becomes new In Harmony Opera North ambassadorInternational law firm Pinsent Masons has announced that it will support Opera North’s music education programme In Harmony Opera North over the next three years. The programme, …
Read6th June: Opera North and Leeds College of Music announce partnership, entries open for Ivors Composer Awards, and new Pavarotti film released in cinemas
Thursday 6th June '19
Opera North and Leeds College of Music announce new partnershipLeeds College of Music and Opera North have announced a new partnership, providing students studying classical music with a direct link to the industry.Students will be …
Read31st May: Harry Ogg joins Welsh National Opera, Renee Hunt appointed to Opera North board of trustees, and a lock of Beethoven’s hair to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
Friday 31st May '19
WNO announces new associate conductor Harry Ogg Young British conductor Harry Ogg will join Welsh National Opera this summer as WNO associate conductor, in collaboration with the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition after reaching the competition …
Read2nd April: Opera North’s residency for BAME artists returns, Opera Holland Park and Gareth Malone unite for Opera Awards and Musikmesse Festival in Frankfurt
Tuesday 2nd April '19
Opera North’s residency for BAME artists returns Opera North’s Resonance residency, for professional artists from BAME backgrounds, returns for its latest programme this month continuing into May 2019.Launched in 2017 and supported by the PRS Foundation’s …
Read26th February: Opera North’s new season, Longborough Festival Opera founders receive Wagner Society Award and applications open for the German Conducting Award
Tuesday 26th February '19
Opera North announces 2019/20 season Opera North today announces main stage repertoire for its 2019/20 season, to include revivals of popular favourites alongside adventurous new productions.A new production of Bohuslav Martinů’s rarely performed The Greek Passion will open …
Read15th March: Opera North launches Orchestra Academy, Classical Music played in McDonalds, Compositions for dogs
Thursday 15th March '18
In today's news: Opera North launches Orchestra Academy, Classical Music is played in McDonalds to reduce crime, Opera is used to change perception of films, Ian Jackson composes for dogs, Fyfe and Iskra Strings release …
Read1st March: Spotify to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, Klaus Doldinger receives the German Music Authors’ Price and Boosey & Hawkes to start publishing works by Leokadiya Kashperova
Thursday 1st March '18
In today's news: Boosey & Hawkes to start publishing works by Leokadiya Kashperova, Spotify to go public on the New York Stock Exchange and Klaus Doldinger receives the German Music Authors' Price for his lifetime …
Read6th October: how to make classical music more approachable, Vienna Symphony under financial review, musicians fight homelessness
Friday 6th October '17
In today’s news: Clemency Burton-Hill on where to start your classical music experiences, musicians fight homelessness and Lawrence Ball explains his spiritual approach to music. Australian classical performances generated more than one billion dollars, while …
Read19th April: Salzburg Festival gets younger and ‘Lady Macbeth of Mzensk’
Wednesday 19th April '17
In today's news: interview with Miriam Margolyes, more young talent for the Salzburg Festival and listen to Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. Aleksandra Markovic announced as the new director of Opera North. 'Paris - a celebration of …
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