10th May: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic announces 2019/20 season, BBC Radio 3 reveals New Generation Artists, and Bamberg Symphony unveils theme for 2019/20 season
Friday 10th May '19
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 2019-2020 season announced The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2019-20 season, the 14th under the baton of chief conductor Vasily Petrenko (pictured), has been announced.Ten years on from his landmark Mahler cycle in …
Read15th April: Yo-Yo Ma to perform at US-Mexico border and Music at Paxton festival returns for 2019
Monday 15th April '19
Yo-Yo Ma performs at US-Mexico border Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed a 15-minute excerpt from Bach’s Cello Suites on the border between United States and Mexico. He was joined by city leadership from both Laredo, Texas and Nuevo …
Read14th February: Do musicians with perfect pitch have different brains?
Thursday 14th February '19
Do musicians with perfect pitch have different brains? Perfect pitch, the much-lauded ability of some musicians to identify and name musical pitches in isolation. While perfect pitch is estimated to occur in 1 in 10,000 people, …
Read31st January: Orchestra involvement for older people, Spanish musicians and the EUYO, Tasmin Little to retire in 2020
Thursday 31st January '19
‘From Bingo to Bartók’: Orchestras Live and City of London Sinfonia publish research into involving older people with orchestras Orchestras Live and City of London Sinfonia have published a new body of research commissioned by the …
ReadAugust 27th: Noam Sheriff passed away, GCSE concern, Atonal Music in Berlin
Monday 27th August '18
In today's news: The Israeli conductor Noam Sheriff passed away. The Berlin Initiative for new music holds a concert for the homeless. A great concern has been raised over the decline in music uptake at GCSE. …
Read25th July: Music competitions corrupt, phones encouraged at opera and Barenboim speaks out.
Friday 25th July '14
Classical News The TelegraphJulian Lloyd Webber: the majority of music competitions are corruptHaving retired earlier this year Julian Lloyd Webber returns to the news ahead of a talk at Birmingham City University, where he will advise …
ReadWildKat welcomes Whitgift School to its client roster
Monday 12th November '12
WildKat PR are delighted to welcome Whitgift School to its client roster. Founded in 1596, the prestigious independent boys’ School is reputable for the academic, sporting and artistic development for its pupils.In 2013, the School …
Read12th November: Stocks Opera, Rieu vs. Robbie, and No Backing for Ebaccs
Monday 12th November '12
GramophoneJulia Lezhneva records debut Decca discRussian soprano records Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart and Porpora in BarcelonaClassic FMAndré Rieu in chart battle with Robbie WilliamsWaltzing violinist André Rieu is just behind Robbie Williams in the Official UK Album Charts, …
Read5th July: Tamsin Little, Puccini’s ‘Gianni Schicchi’ and Vangelis
Thursday 5th July '12
The Telegraph Tamsin Little on Delius: regrets of a lost composer Violinist Tamsin Little tells Ivan Hewett why she loves the music of Delius. The opera voice: Gianni Schicchi by Puccini If you were ever in doubt that opera …
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