11th November: Chopin Competition to be streamed in Virtual Reality, An Imperfect Birthday for Leopold Mozart, Three Frenchmen in the semi-finals of the Long Thibaud Crespin Competition
Monday 11th November '19
Chopin Competition to be streamed in Virtual RealityThe International Fryderyk Chopin Competition has announced a series of technological advances for the broadcasting of its 18th edition in October 2020In an event hosted by the Chopin …
ReadApril 4th: The Met puts on opera for babies, Bowhead whales sing jazz, German theatres and orchestra apply to UNESCO World Heritage
Wednesday 4th April '18
In todays news: Ycat select finalists, baby-opera is coming to the Met, Bowhead whales sing jazz, Mozart is played with light beams, the Dublin Piano Competition turns 30, Alan Gilbert's plans for the NDR Elbphilharmonie …
ReadThe Cliburn: The Final Six
Tuesday 6th June '17
Last night in Fort Worth, Texas, six pianists were chosen to progress to the final round of the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. They are as follows:Kenneth Broberg, United States, 23 Rachel Cheung, Hong Kong, 25 Yury Favorin, Russia, …
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Friday 13th January '17
The 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will be taking place at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, from 25th May to 10th June 2017.We had the chance to catch up with Jacques Marquis, …
Read19th October: The reinvention of LIPC, Music For Cats & SBCO’s Classical Connections program
Wednesday 19th October '16
Classical News In today's classical news, Paul Lewis and Adam Gatehouse, joint Artistic Directors of Leeds International Piano Competition, talk about the reinvention of the competition. David Teie, an US composer and cellist, released Music For Cats …
ReadWildKat PR welcomes Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Friday 7th October '16
WildKat PR is very excited to announce that we are working with the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.Established in 1962, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is widely-recognised as “one of the world’s highest-visibility classical-music contests” …
ReadLucas Debargue, the new piano phenomenon
Wednesday 19th August '15
On the evening of Wednesday 1stJuly, the pianist Lucas Debargue was awarded an unexpected 4th prize in the final of the fifteenth edition of the Tchaikovsky International Competition. The self-taught pianist was not expected to …
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