21st November: Baghdad’s ballet school: a tiny island of creativity amid inescapable violence, World’s smallest portrait of Mozart sells for £218,500 and Opera Holland Park could receive £5m to become independent.
Friday 21st November '14
Classical News GuardianBaghdad's ballet school: a tiny island of creativity amid inescapable violenceThough the Iraqi capital’s past as a cultural center is a distant memory, the music and ballet school has remained a cultural safe haven …
Read13th November: Composer & Conductor TV Cameo, Osbourne at the Opera, and Tod’s Toronto Takeover
Tuesday 13th November '12
GramophoneRyan Wigglesworth to make Covent Garden debut after Pappano withdraws from conducting The MinotaurAward-winning young conductor steps up for Birtwistle revivalThe GuardianThe orchestra as mass collaborationTod Machover is democratising classical music – by inviting Totonto's …
Read25th January – Sergei Polunin, Hollywood Bowl 2012 and music’s holistic powers
Wednesday 25th January '12
GramophoneObituary: Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Composer.Born August 19th, 1918, died January 13th, 2012.Warner And Hrusa Quit Royal Danish Opera.Artistic director steps down; conductor withdraws.The Mezzo Rita Gorr Has Died Aged 85.Born February 18th, 1926, died January 22nd, …
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