23rd May: music education could keep disengaged young people in school, Pieter Wispelwey wins Brahms prize, and Stars and Rising Stars Festival lineup
Thursday 23rd May '19
21st century music education could keep disengaged young people in school, research says A new four-year research project by Birmingham City University and national music charity Youth Music has highlighted the importance of music education for …
Read12th October: Light’s retirement, results of 2016 Santa Cecilia & Pendle Young Musicians’ Bursary 2016
Wednesday 12th October '16
Classical News In today's classical news, violinist Herbert Light has retired from Philadelphia Orchestra, after 56 years with the ensemble. Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and Associazione Nazionale Liuteria Artistica Italiana announced the results of the 2016 Santa …
Read#vlogtober 14th, Sergei Dogadin
Wednesday 14th October '15
Russian violinist Sergei Dogadin was awarded first prize at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover.The competition is named after the violinist and composer Joseph Joachim who was royal concertmaster in Hannover from 1852-1867. …
Read21st April: Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim perform finale of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos, Brian Couzens obituary, Dolly the Sheep at the Science Museum, can you stop a Stradivarius?
Tuesday 21st April '15
Classical News In today’s news, watch Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim play the last movement of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos. Another pianist, Lang Lang, also speaks to the Guardian about his musical tastes which includes …
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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