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13th December: BPI Reacts to Election, Beethovenhalle delayed, Verdi 2019 breaks records

Friday 13th December '19

BPI Reacts to Election ResultFollowing a landslide victory for the Conservatives, the BPI’s chief executive Geoff Taylor urges the government to deliver a trade deal with the EU that ‘boosts’ UK music exports.Boris Johnson’s Conservative …

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19th November: ASMF music director, 2019 best records list, Kanye West starts opera

Tuesday 19th November '19

Joshua Bell extends contract as ASMF music directorThe Academy of St Martin in the Fields has extended music director Joshua Bell’s contract until 2023. Succeeding academy founder Sir Neville Marriner, Bell has held the position …

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Video trailer for Sven Helbig’s ‘I Eat The Sun And Drink The Rain’

Monday 8th August '16

Sven Helbig is one of the biggest talents in the pool of composers of the new generation. He is known for his residence at Deutsches Nationaltheater in Weimar but also for his creative collaborations with …

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Beares Auctions launches perpetual auction

Tuesday 23rd February '16

Today, boutique online auction house, Beares Auctions launches its ‘Moto Perpetuo’ platform. This perpetual online service adapts the traditional process of auctioning instruments, once or twice a year, to the fast-paced, 
technology- focused world. This …

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24th February: Closing ceremony classical at Sochi, classical music explodes, and Maria von Trapp

Monday 24th February '14

New York Daily NewsClassical music explodes, both in sales and in expanding boundariesAs crossover classical-pop performers like Andrea Bocelli and Lindsey Stirling sell tons of records, established pop, rock and roots musicians like Rufus Wainwright, …

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6th November: Lifelong benefits of music lessons, Instrument Museum Destroyed, and Video Game music concerts

Wednesday 6th November '13

MashablePitchfork to Launch Magazine-Style App 'Pitchfork Weekly'Online music publication Pitchfork will launch its first mobile app in November, the company revealed exclusively to Mashable. Dubbed Pitchfork Weekly, the magazine-style app will be available on iOS at launch before …

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15th October: Spontaneous hymn, Charlotte Church, and Yamaha unveils new instruments

Tuesday 15th October '13

The TelegraphGroup perfoms Icelandic hymn in German train stationYouTube video shows Icelandic indie-folk group spontaneously burst into song in Wuppertal station, west Germany Charlotte Church: female pop stars told 'take clothes off, show you're an adult' Charlotte …

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