1st August: Welsh National Opera presents autumn 2019 season, Warner Classics launches new website, Munich Opera Festival almost 98 percent capacity
Thursday 1st August '19
Welsh National Opera presents autumn 2019 seasonWelsh National Opera (WNO) has announced details of its autumn 2019 season, which will open with a new production of Bizet’s Carmen. Directed by Jo Davies and conducted by …
Read25th July: BPI Welcomes The New Secretary, Wealthiest children three times more likely to take music classes, Bayreuther Festival 2019 begins today
Thursday 25th July '19
BPI Welcomes The New Secretary of the State for Digital, Culture, Media and SportYesterday (Wednesday) Nicky Morgan, Chair of House of Commons Treasury Committee, was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, …
Read19th July: The Production Music Awards 2019, Laura Mvula to receive honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University, Richard Wagner as a traffic light man
Friday 19th July '19
Production Music Awards 2019 opens for entriesCalling all library music composers and publishers: the Production Music Awards 2019 are now open for entries. Organisers are accepting composition and sync entries from production music libraries from …
Read5th July: Yoko Ono is campaigning for peace with a mass bell-ringing ceremony,National Album Day 2019 announced ,Nike Wagner resigns as artistic director
Friday 5th July '19
Yoko Ono is campaigning for peace with a mass bell-ringing ceremony in ManchesterThe artwork will see thousands of people ring 4,000 bells loud and clear across the city to promote harmony as part of Manchester …
Read29th May: Classical music keeps CDs popular, Bloomington Symphony Orchestra perform torch-lit concert after powercut, and an interview with Harald Schmidt
Wednesday 29th May '19
CDs aren’t dead – and we have classical music fans to thank Recent research by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has found that CD remains the most popular music format nationally, with 43 per cent of all music consumed this way, …
Read25th July: Barbican autumn season announced. Netrebko and Gergiev to star at Bayreuther Festspiele 2019.
Wednesday 25th July '18
In today's news: Netrebko and Gergiev to star at Bayreuther Festspiele 2019. Profile of the Salzburger Festspiele. Barbican autumn season announced. Josie Lawrence joins bill of Ten Pieces Prom for classical music education. Bayreuth for Dummies: …
Read13th March: Indian conductor Zubin Mehta performs with Berlin Philharmonic and Cincinnati Opera announces premiere of “Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera”
Monday 13th March '17
Classical News In today's news: Indian conductor Zubin Mehta performs with Berlin Philharmonic, Sebastian Manz's recording of selected works by Carl Maria Weber, and hotelier Klaus Lauer hosts Badenweiler Musiktage. Cincinnati Opera announces premiere of “Another …
Read6th March: the first critique of the newly-opened Pierre Boulez Hall and the City of London Sinfonia announces a commitment to 50% female artistic leadership
Monday 6th March '17
Classical News In today's Classical News, conductor Eliahu Inbal perfoms with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, a tribute to composer and festival director Siegfried Wagner, and the first critique of the newly-opened Pierre Boulez Hall. Birmingham is set …
Read5th January: Musikverein announces death of Georges Prêtre, musicians Nico Muhly and Nadia Sirota make classical cool & appalling salaries are killing diversity in the industry
Thursday 5th January '17
Classical News In today's classical news, read about musicians Nico Muhly and Nadia Sirota making classical cool, a festival featuring a whole weekend of music written by composers aged under 18, and the appalling salaries and …
Read15th August: Musical Futures’ CEO to undertake 12-hour ‘pianothon’, first staged Wagner production comes to Singapore & new boutique festival set to take place at Ragley Hall
Monday 15th August '16
Classical News In our news today, Musical Futures' CEO Abigail D’Amore is undertaking a ‘pianothon’ to raise money for the charity, first staged Wagner production comes to Singapore, and the new boutique festival Camper Calling takes …
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