19th May: this year’s German classical music festivals & Brahms-Preis for Herbert Blomstedt
Friday 19th May '17
In today's news: Finnish National Opera and Ballet appoints Gita Kadambi as general director, and Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja wins Swiss Music Prize. This year's German classical music festivals, and Inkinen becomes new principal conductor of the …
Read21st April: Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim perform finale of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos, Brian Couzens obituary, Dolly the Sheep at the Science Museum, can you stop a Stradivarius?
Tuesday 21st April '15
Classical News In today’s news, watch Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim play the last movement of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos. Another pianist, Lang Lang, also speaks to the Guardian about his musical tastes which includes …
Read19th November: Save the Ulster Orchestra, #LoveTheatre day and publisher Edition Peters launches own record label.
Wednesday 19th November '14
Classical News TelegraphSave the Ulster Orchestra!A downturn in public funding has left the Ulster Orchestra in a peculiarly vulnerable position, says Ivan HewettGuardian#LoveTheatre day – liveToday, theatres from across the UK and beyond will be celebrating …
Read27th October: 161-year-old Philharmonic faces closure in Australia, International Opera Studio in Hamburg celebrates 20 years anniversary, Pietari Inkinen new Chief Conductor at Prague Symphony Orchestra
Monday 27th October '14
Classical News Telegraph Anna Magdalena Bach: a forgotten genius?If JS Bach's wife composed some of his best-known pieces, it will put a bomb at the heart of the Western musical tradition Violin teacher Suzuki is the biggest fraud …
Read20th October: Protest against Met’s Klinghoffer opera, Critics’ Circle Awards 2014, Fight over Bayreuth Festival, new Music Director and Chief Conductor at Prague Philharmonia Emmanuel Villaume
Monday 20th October '14
Classical News The GuardianRudy Giuliani expected to join protest against Met's Klinghoffer operaNew York’s Metropolitan Opera is bracing for its most tumultuous opening in decades on Monday, as protesters get ready to picket The Death of …
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