23rd May: ‘Classical’ label on its way to antiquity & consequences of UK’s withdrawal from EU to hit orchestras
Tuesday 23rd May '17
In today's news: the difference between Catholic and Protestant church music, and no permission for project 'tear down this wall!'. Union Verdi and the German Orchestra Union make the Berlin Senate reconsider situation of honorary music …
Read2nd June: 92-year old Carnegie Hall pianist becomes oldest-ever woman to complete a marathon, Bryn at 50 and Saffron Hall announces third full season
Tuesday 2nd June '15
Classical News In today's news 92-year-old pianist Harriette Thompson has become the oldest-ever woman to complete a marathon. Opera singer Bryn Terfel will celebrate his 50th birthday with a Royal Albert Hall concert to include stars …
Read4th April: Class and classical music, the Piano Machine of Dreams, and the world of a violin maker
Friday 4th April '14
The GuardianClass, race and classical musicWestern classical music – performers and audiences alike – is still an almost exclusively white concern. What can be done?Piano: Machine of Dreams Exhibition - in picturesPart of this year’s …
Read6th March: World-class orchestras can be judged by sight, Stonehenge could be a prehistoric instrument and Enrique Granados’s lost opera
Thursday 6th March '14
Physics.orgWorld-class orchestras judged by sight not soundA study from University College London shows that people can, to a good level of accuracy, identify top-ranked orchestras from non-ranked orchestras when shown silent video footage, suggesting that such …
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