Todd Mason to release debut album featuring his Violin Concerto, performed by Tosca Opdam
Thursday 28th September '23
Composer Todd Mason provides his response to the 21st century Violin Concerto in this new recording that harnesses the technical skill of the soloist and orchestraAmerican composer Todd Mason brings us his new Violin Concerto …
Read29th May: Classical music keeps CDs popular, Bloomington Symphony Orchestra perform torch-lit concert after powercut, and an interview with Harald Schmidt
Wednesday 29th May '19
CDs aren’t dead – and we have classical music fans to thank Recent research by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has found that CD remains the most popular music format nationally, with 43 per cent of all music consumed this way, …
Read3rd May: Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra names Osmo Vänskä as music director, Nicholas Collon is chief conductor of Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Julia Fischer launches Kindersinfoniker
Friday 3rd May '19
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra names Osmo Vänskä as its next Music Director Osmo Vänskä will become the new Music Director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra next year. He will step down from his position as Music Director of …
Read23rd December: Apple Music’s new feature, Facebook to make its own original music & WMG partners with MelodyVR
Friday 23rd December '16
Classical News In our last classical news round-up of the year, Apple Music introduced a new feature to sort classical music by composer, allowing music in a user's library to be more organised. BBC Music Magazine …
Read25th October: Tchumburidze wins 15th Wieniawski Violin Competition, RAH appoints new chief executive & British Composer Awards 2016
Tuesday 25th October '16
Classical News In today's classical news, Veriko Tchumburidze receives the top prize of €30,000 following her performance of Wieniawski’s Second Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto in the finals of 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin …
Read29th Septemebr: Waley-Cohen talks about Roy Harris’ violin concerto, Ear Taxi Festival & Busch Trio
Thursday 29th September '16
Classical News In today's news, Waley-Cohen gives the reasons why she believes Roy Harris' Violin Concerto should rank among the greats. Several Northwestern faculty, ensembles and alumni are featured in a six-day Chicago classical music festival, among them …
Read21st September: Music@Malling, the new classical & classical music with light projection spectacle
Wednesday 21st September '16
Classical News In today's classical news, Thomas Kemp has helped put West Malling on the musical map as part of a mission to bring top-flight music to the area in the last five years. The classical establishment …
Read21st September: ‘Music is good for the mind’, new Beethoven documentary and Syrian refugee pianist
Monday 21st September '15
In today's news, The Guardian writes that the elite can't decide who's cultured, and the BBC report on pianist Ayham al-Ahmad's glimmer of hope amid the Syrian refugee crisis. Also, James Rhodes believes that there is a link …
ReadWildKat PR welcomes Hideko Udagawa
Friday 12th June '15
WildKat PR is delighted to introduce our newest client Hideko Udagawa. The renowned violinist has recently released a collection of unusual 18th century concertos with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Nicholas Kraemer. This disc is particularly exciting since it includes three …
ReadVlog: WildKat PR chat about their Classic FM Hall of Fame 2015 choices
Friday 13th February '15
With the voting currently open for the annual Classic FM Hall of Fame, we in the WildKat PR London office took some time to talk about our three choices and why we love them so …
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