WildKat – 2018 in review
Friday 21st December '18
2018 has been yet another fantastic year for us - we've welcomed some fantastic new clients and new people to our team, expanded our services and achieved some great results along the way.We don't like …
Read9th November: Poor families priced out of music lessons and EUYO commemorates the Armistice
Friday 9th November '18
What happened in this week's Classical News? Poorer children in UK priced out of learning to play musical instruments, report warns ‘To deny people who cannot afford music lessons the possibility of trying is criminal’ - David Arnold, composerPoorer …
Read12th July: Riccardo Muti awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale. Stephen Fry appointed ORA Singers president.
Thursday 12th July '18
In today's news: Riccardo Muti and Catherine Deneuve awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale. New Beethoven stamp to celebrate 250th anniversary of composer's birth. Australian Ballett performance cut short by a rat. Classical music is dead? …
Read6th September: The Royal Opera House to reintroduce Proms concerts
Wednesday 6th September '17
In today's news: The Royal Opera House to reintroduce Proms concerts, the Philharmonia Orchestra to release its second piece of Virtual Reality content, and Facebook offers ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ to labels and publishers …
Read4th September: Ivan Krpan wins Busoni Competition, Alan Johsnon at Proms for first time
Monday 4th September '17
In today's news: Alan Johnson goes to the Proms for the first time, the tenor, Michael Fabio, to open Covent Garden’s new production of La Bohème, and should female musicians be allowed to dress how …
Read31st July: Cadogan benefit for Grenfell, NYOS collaborations & opera outreach
Monday 31st July '17
In today's news, Cadogan Hall will host a benefit concert for the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster, the NYOS prepare for top collaborations on summer tour, and is sight reading damaging the UK classical music …
Read28th July: Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, Roderick Williams Birmingham Conservatoire
Friday 28th July '17
In today's Classical News, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has awarded grants worth over £1 million pounds, Roderick Williams has been appointed as visiting consultant in vocal performance at Birmingham Conservatoire, and BBC Proms has committed to making …
ReadJuly 17th: Radio 3 will be available for listeners as a lossless audio stream, and Kronberg Academy plans its own premises
Monday 17th July '17
In today's news: Radio 3 will be available for listeners as a lossless audio stream, D’Addario Orchestral announces launch of the new ‘Ascenté’ violin strings, and Kronberg Academy plans its own premises in Kronberg. Wayne Shorter composes …
Read14th July: RCM scholarships for BAME students, New Classical Festival
Friday 14th July '17
In today's news: The welcome return of Proms maverick Harrison Birtwistle, Royal College of Music London to fund scholarships for BAME students, and cellist prevented from boarding flight with cello. New classical festival 'new life' …
Read7th 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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