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13th January: Young Conducting Scholars for Sing for Pleasure, No performances in Weimar until 28 February, Hilary Hahn and the world of culture in slow motion

Wednesday 13th January '21

Sing for Pleasure announces 2021 Young Conducting ScholarsChoral charity Sing for Pleasure (SfP) has announced the four scholarship recipients for its 2021 Young Conductors’ Programme.The four scholars (pictured l-r above) are:Ailsa Campbell, a freelance musician …

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PostKultur liefert Hamburger Kulturprodukte nach Hause

Monday 30th November '20

PostKultur liefert Hamburger Kulturprodukte nach HauseDas neue Start-Up startet mit der ersten exklusiven PostKultur-Box und stellt ein neues, abwechslungsreiches Kulturangebot aus Hamburg zusammen. Ab Januar 2021 ist die kuratierte Box monatlich im Abo und einzeln …

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26th May: Riccardo Muti, Austria restarts cultural life, artists return to the concert halls without audience, Live Performance Producers Are Giving Up on 2020

Tuesday 26th May '20

Riccardo Muti leads return of classical musicRiccardo Muti will lead Italy’s first public post-lockdown concert. On 21 June the Italian maestro takes to the stage with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra for the opening concert …

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7th May: Jess Gillam tops classical charts, Janet Fulton wins Solomon Prize, Lower Saxony orchestras and theatres missing funds

Tuesday 7th May '19

Jess Gillam becomes youngest saxophonist ever to hit the classical charts top spot On Friday 3 May, Jess Gillam’s critically-acclaimed album RISE reached the top of the Official UK Classical Chart making her the youngest saxophonist …

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9th April: musical instruments exempted from UK’s ivory ban, Hamilton takes home 7 Olivier Awards, Cecil Taylor dies age 89

Monday 9th April '18

In today's news: UK's Ivory ban will exempt musical instruments, Buxton's Stephen Barlow steps down, Cecil Taylor dies at age 89, Rafael Karlen to be the new Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composer-in-Residence and Christa Ludwig is honoured …

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April 4th: The Met puts on opera for babies, Bowhead whales sing jazz, German theatres and orchestra apply to UNESCO World Heritage

Wednesday 4th April '18

In todays news: Ycat select finalists, baby-opera is coming to the Met, Bowhead whales sing jazz, Mozart is played with light beams, the Dublin Piano Competition turns 30, Alan Gilbert's plans for the NDR Elbphilharmonie …

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9th March: ABRSM and RPS announce new partnership, Trinity Laban pledge for gender equality, celebrating the women erased from the musical canon

Friday 9th March '18

In today's news: ABRSM announces RPS partnership, Trinity Laban pledge to make women 50% of its concert programmes, new campaign to support women and families in opera. More than 1000 musicians come together at the …

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12th January: Conductor Chaslin went on strike at Israeli Opera, why Beethoven has got cardiologists’ hearts racing, philharmonic hall of Paris will open 14th of January

Monday 12th January '15

Classical News Guardian Ice and fire: the classical music scene in Iceland Iceland’s composers and musicians are busy breaking down the barriers between classical and popular genres. And now they have a spanking new concert hall to experiment …

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20th 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 …

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18th November: Wireless Opera, minority receive good music education, and Queen composer promotes classical music study

Monday 18th November '13

Variety‘Invisible Cities’ Opera Gets Immersive With Wireless TechnologyIt’s billed as the future of opera, live performance, technology and art, at least according to German audio company Sennheiser. But to judge from “Invisible Cities,” the new opera …

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