6th October: Orchestras looking for black composers, Chloé Briot files suit, Opera singer honours Breonna Taylors, Salzburg Festival receives millions
Tuesday 6th October '20
Orchestras Are Rushing to Add Black Composers. Will it last?In June, as millions of Americans filled city streets with Black Lives Matter demonstrations and millions more rushed to share their solidarity online, the composer Jessie …
ReadWe welcome Inbal Segev!
Monday 4th June '18
With great pleasure we introduce to you the fabulous Inbal Segev, an internationally renowned Israeli-American cellist whose playing has been described as “richly inspired,” and “very moving,” by Gramophone.As a soloist, Inbal has performed with the …
Read26th June: Composition for Grenfell Tower victims, Britton performed on a lake, and Film composer wins Shostakovich Prize
Monday 26th June '17
In today's news: Oboist Nicholas Daniel performs Britten in the middle of a boating lake, the winners of the 2017 St Magnus Composers Competition are announced, composition for the victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and …
Read20th February: Radiohead’s Greenwood talks classical, Olympic gold winner plays violin, and KCRW buys music station
Thursday 20th February '14
NMERadiohead's Jonny Greenwood Q&A - Blending Classical Music With RockJonny Greenwood is playing Wapping Hydraulic Power Station this Sunday (February 23) with London Contemporary Orchestra soloists and very excitingly he'll be premiering new material. NME question him …
Read31st January: The debate on classical continues, Mozart vs Salieri, and Dave Mustaine to perform with San Diego Symphony
Friday 31st January '14
Classic FM OnlineMegadeth's Dave Mustaine to be guest soloist with San Diego SymphonyThe guitarist with heavy metal band Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, will take centre stage in a concert with the San Diego Symphony OrchestraEric Whitacre …
Read17th January: Peter Pan proposes on stage, HMV closes flagship store, and concert for the children of Syria
Friday 17th January '14
New York TimesDetroit Symphony Agrees to New Contract With MusiciansThe Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which endured a bitter six-month strike a few years ago, settled its latest contract eight months early, orchestra officials announced WednesdayBBC Music MagazineHMV closes flagship …
ReadAcclaimed flautist Katherine Bryan at St-Giles-in-the-Fields, London
Tuesday 15th October '13
Following the release of a second album, a disc of American works, acclaimed flautist and recent Classical Music Magazine cover star Katherine Bryan performed a lunchtime recital at St Giles in the Fields today at …
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