9th November: ‘Classical Hundred’, astronaut plays bagpipes & Calixto Bieito interview
Monday 9th November '15
Classical News In today's news, 'Classical Hundred' initiative will make recordings available to primary schools teachers, a US astronaut plays bagpipes on an International Space Station to pay tribute to a colleague who died and Goldberg …
Read11th September: Arvo Pärt will be 80, interview with Jonas Kaufmann and how getting more woman conducting?
Friday 11th September '15
Classical News In today's news, The Times highlights a new "chill-out" movement in classical music, while Klassik Akzente announces that John Williams is composing the soundtrack for the new Star Wars film. Also a conversation with …
Read28th August: American composer you’ve never heard of, Gramophone awards, videogame soundtracks
Friday 28th August '15
Classical News In today's news, the great American composer you've never heard of, Gramophone award winners are announced and how videogame soundtracks have come to be released on vinyl. Guardian George Walker: the great American composer you've never heard of The …
Read24th March: Disability and the arts, Royal College of Music’s new performance simulator, Rhinegold TV launches
Tuesday 24th March '15
Classical News The GuardianDisability and the arts: the best of times, the worst of timesIntroducing a new series on disability arts, producer Jo Verrent looks at some of the key issues affecting disabled artists and organisations …
Read2nd July: Arts Council Funding decision day summary, ENO the biggest loser in Arts Council funding shake-up and Michael Giacchino reveals pun-heavy Planet of the Apes track listing
Wednesday 2nd July '14
Classical News The Guardian Arts Council Funding decision day summary English National Opera see funding cut by 29%, 670 arts groups share annual grants totalling 340m a year and only a small increase in funding outside London. The Independent English National …
Read16th December: Taylor Swift donates to Orchestra, 2014 Academy Awards, and Wagner inspired by migraines
Monday 16th December '13
GramophoneTaylor Swift donates $100,000 to the Nashville Symphony OrchestraThe singer-songwriter makes a birthday giftThe Guardian Synthesisers are killing film and TV music, say British composers Carl Davis and Christopher Gunning claim synthesised orchestras are preferred to the …
Read6th 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 …
Read31st October: Pharrell Williams to collaborate with Hans Zimmer, Beethoven for teens, and YouTube domination
Thursday 31st October '13
Classic FM OnlinePharrell Williams to collaborate with Hans Zimmer for new Spiderman scoreMovie composer Hans Zimmer will collaborate with Pharrell Williams for the soundtrack to the new Spiderman film, The Amazing Spider-Man 2SlateWant to Get Rid of …
ReadPRS for Music Foundation announces the first 13 recipients of Women Make Music
Friday 12th August '11
Where are the women in music? – PRS for Music Foundation announces the first 13 recipients of Women Make Music – a unique funding opportunity raising the profile of female music creators across the UK.In …
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