6th October: Orchestras looking for black composers, Chloé Briot files suit, Opera singer honours Breonna Taylors, Salzburg Festival receives millions
Tuesday 6th October '20
Orchestras Are Rushing to Add Black Composers. Will it last?In June, as millions of Americans filled city streets with Black Lives Matter demonstrations and millions more rushed to share their solidarity online, the composer Jessie …
Read23rd April: RNCM awarded over £900,000, Music associations demand support for solo artists, Paris Opera dancers’ tribute to the people mobilized against the pandemic
Wednesday 22nd April '20
RNCM awarded over £900,000 to fund entrepreneurship projectThe Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD) and University of the Arts London (UAL) have been awarded over £900,000 by …
Read6th March: the first critique of the newly-opened Pierre Boulez Hall and the City of London Sinfonia announces a commitment to 50% female artistic leadership
Monday 6th March '17
Classical News In today's Classical News, conductor Eliahu Inbal perfoms with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, a tribute to composer and festival director Siegfried Wagner, and the first critique of the newly-opened Pierre Boulez Hall. Birmingham is set …
Read16th March: Royal Opera House warning, Girls’ Choir for Merton College & Swedish opera gender imbalance
Wednesday 16th March '16
Classical News In today's news, Royal Opera House issues warning for Lucia di Lammermoor, Merton College, Oxford to establish a girls’ choir, Emma Halnan wins Art Club-Karl Jenkins Music Award, Violinist Janine Jansen is handing over …
Read7th September: Stravinsky’s grave song rediscovered, a new architectural project for a concert hall in Munich, Jonas Kaufmann singing the British national anthem
Monday 7th September '15
Classical News In today's news, the Guardian announces an old manuscript of Igor Stravinsky has been rediscovered and The Times reports of Jonas Kaufmann's upcoming appearance at the Last Night of the Proms. Also interviews with …
Read27th February: Bullies at Royal College says Laura Wright, Menuhin Competition, and Dave Mustaine on classical music
Thursday 27th February '14
The Telegraph Bullies almost forced me to quit Royal College of Music, says soprano Laura Wright Soprano Laura Wright said she was bullied by students at the Royal College of Music who accused her of dumbing down …
Read21st January: Age ratings for music videos, Katherine Jenkins on music snobs and her new Decca deal, and a Theatre by Candlelight
Tuesday 21st January '14
The Telegraph Katherine Jenkins: why classical music snobs are wrong Singer Katherine Jenkins speaks of classical music snobs, the perils of the internet, and why she refuses to adopt a "sexier image" Claudio Abbado's death marks the end …
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