15th 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 …
Read30th March: Marin Alsop to chair Van Cliburn jury, BCMG premiere Robert Reid Allan’s new work and German musicians want to be heard in politics
Monday 1st April '19
Marin Alsop to chair Van Cliburn jury Highly acclaimed and much-loved conductor Marin Alsop has been named as chair of the jury for the next Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Taking place in Fort Worth, Texas, …
Read14th March: Classic FM announces PlayStation Concert, Camden schools perform at RAM, African-American Double Bassist killed by bomb
Wednesday 14th March '18
In today's news: Classic FM announces PlayStation Concert, Camden Schools perform at RAM, Gramofy launches as free service, Sheku Kanneh-Mason releases album,Charles Hazlewood reflects on minimalism in music, African-American Double Bassist killed by package bomb …
ReadRacoons and Cultural Diplomacy at the Cliburn
Wednesday 7th June '17
Following a wonderful party at Fort Worth Zoo yesterday evening (including appearances from flamingos, baby racoons, and a skunk), first on the menu this morning was a fascinating symposium on Cultural Diplomacy. After Stuart Isacoff’s …
ReadThe Cliburn: The Final Six
Tuesday 6th June '17
Last night in Fort Worth, Texas, six pianists were chosen to progress to the final round of the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. They are as follows:Kenneth Broberg, United States, 23 Rachel Cheung, Hong Kong, 25 Yury Favorin, Russia, …
Read18th April: Classic FM’s Hall of Fame & the Return of Naïve Classique
Tuesday 18th April '17
In today's news: Candidates for the Philadelphia's Astral National Auditions are announced, the return of label Naïve Classique in the music world, and this year Classic FM Hall of Fame with popular composers. A 93 …
Read7th March: BBC announces season of opera programming & tackling ‘tokenism’ with women in music
Tuesday 7th March '17
In today's classical news: BBC has announced a season of opera programming, which will coincide with a new exhibition at the V&A in London titled Opera: Passion, Power And Politics, and Gemma Okell is appointed as …
Read7th February: Conducting’s gender problem, Ravel Museum closes, John Adams joins RAM
Tuesday 7th February '17
In today's Classical News, Imogen Tilden tackles conducting's gender problem, and the Ravel Museum in Montfort-l'Amaury shuts abruptly. Composer John Adams joins the Royal Academy of Music as a visiting professor, and Southbank Sinfonia announce …
ReadThe Cliburn 2017
Friday 13th January '17
The 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will be taking place at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, from 25th May to 10th June 2017.We had the chance to catch up with Jacques Marquis, …
ReadWildKat PR welcomes Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Friday 7th October '16
WildKat PR is very excited to announce that we are working with the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.Established in 1962, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is widely-recognised as “one of the world’s highest-visibility classical-music contests” …
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