31st May: Wigmore Hall celebrates 120th anniversary, Berlin Philharmonie to reopen in June, Jonathan Fournel wins Queen Elisabeth Competition
Monday 31st May '21
Wigmore Hall celebrates 120th anniversaryThe Wigmore is emerging from its most recent crisis with aplomb. As an early adopter of livestreamed concerts at the beginning of the pandemic, it won large dividends of good will …
Read13th April: Wigmore Hall announces re-opening, Anne-Sophie Mutter to be new President of German Cancer Aid, An open letter to Macron from show business union
Tuesday 13th April '21
Wigmore Hall announces re-opening festival starting May 17Wigmore Hall is to re-open to the public on May 17, following the next stage in relaxing restrictions in England taking effect.The renowned London venue has resounded to …
ReadJuly 31st: Wigmore Hall announces live audiences, The many fears surrounding the Austrian culture scene, Andrea Bocelli causes Scandal
Friday 31st July '20
Live audiences to return to London’s Wigmore HallFrom 13 September to 1 November, Wigmore Hall is reopening its doors to live audiences. The seven-week-long concert series will involve at least 60 concerts with auditorium capacity …
Read30th June: Angela Hewitt honoured, Singing ban, Love project 2020, Choir perform without masks
Tuesday 30th June '20
Angela Hewitt honoured by Wigmore HallThe pianist Angela Hewitt has been awarded the Wigmore Medal on stage at Wigmore Hall after her all-Bach recital last Thursday, a concert broadcast live from an empty hall on …
Read12th May: Leading performers return to London’s Wigmore Hall, concert at the drive-in cinema, deaths from coronavirus after a choir concert
Tuesday 12th May '20
Glimmer of hope': leading performers return to London's Wigmore HallThe BBC and the Wigmore Hall on Tuesday announced a concert series that will see leading musicians return to the London stage for the first time …
Read2nd May: CBSO announces 2019-20 season, Wigmore Hall International Song Competition announces competitors and an interview with Maria de Alvear
Thursday 2nd May '19
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces 2019-20 centenary season CBSO has launched the first season of a two-year-long centenary celebration, with events, commissions and initiatives inspired by the orchestra’s history and its hopes for the future.Highlights …
Read12th April: Stradun Classic festival returns, John Gilhooly awarded Musicians’ Company Cobbett Medal, acoustician Tateo Nakajima contracted for new Munich concert hall
Friday 12th April '19
Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra’s Stradun Classic festival returns for 2019 Stradun Classic festival, taking place in Dubrovnik and organised by the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, returns this year from 1 – 11 October 2019.This year the festival will …
Read11th April: Wigmore Hall’s late-night concerts return, Ian Roberts named managing director of Hastings Piano Competition, and IDAGIO announces partnership with Outhere Music
Thursday 11th April '19
Wigmore Hall’s late-night concerts return this summer Wigmore Lates return to Wigmore Hall this year with a diverse range of one-hour Friday performances.The series opens on 3 May with a song recital by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von …
Read8th April: Creative Europe budget doubled, LPO Junior Artists applications open and John Gilhooly awarded Heidelberger Frühling prize
Monday 8th April '19
Creative Europe Parliament votes to double budget MEPs voted last week (28 March) to double the budget of the 2021-2027 Creative Europe programme. The increased funding is intended to enhance international circulation of works, support better …
Read5th March: Scala Radio launches, Competitors for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019
Tuesday 5th March '19
New classical station Scala Radio launches with Simon Mayo Yesterday marked the biggest launch in UK classical music radio in nearly thirty years as Scala Radio began broadcasting at 10am, Monday 4th March.Simon Mayo’s was the …
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