25th February: Applications open for online NYOS 2021, Initiative “Stand Up for the Arts”, Complete list of winners of the Victoires de la musique classique 2021
Thursday 25th February '21
Applications are open for online NYOS Training Ensembles 2021Young players aged 8 – 14 can now apply to the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS) Training Ensembles 2021, this year taking place online between 26 …
Read11th November: Youth orchestra’s Tchaikovsky triumph, Staatskapelle gives livestream concert, Can musicians rehearse and record during confinement?
Wednesday 11th November '20
Coronavirus: Youth orchestra's digital Tchaikovsky triumphThe coronavirus pandemic has silenced many orchestras around the world.But the 70 young musicians who make up the Ulster Youth Orchestra have found a way to make themselves heard.Under the …
Read29th July: New LPO Appointment, New Youth Orchestra, Anna Netrebko success
Monday 29th July '19
LPO appoints Edward Gardner as principal conductorThe London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has appointed Edward Gardner as its next principal conductor, succeeding Vladmir Jurowski. Gardner will become the orchestra’s first British principal conductor since the late 1960s …
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 …
Read1st February: Creativity, Welsh youth ensembles & cultural projects with refugees.
Monday 1st February '16
In today's classical news, Classical Music Magazine discusses why creativity matters, Welsh youth ensembles to join forces and more money for cultural projects with refugees in Berlin. Also, tickets for Bayreuth almost sold out and …
Read8th December: Matching up to Beethoven, Singapore Chinese composition contest, debate about the Suzuki method
Monday 8th December '14
Classical News Guardian Arts in England told to make progress with diversity or have funding axed Warning comes from Arts Council England chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette in ‘most important’ speech Fiona Maddocks: classical music’s most significant firsts of 2014 The …
Read16th July: Elitism, Underground Orchestras and a Vivaldi Discovery
Monday 16th July '12
Newstatesman Classical Music should be about more than elite parties and Private Schools “Exclusion in the classical music world stretches far beyond race” Andrew Mellor explores the existing tensions in the world of classical music.Arts Journal- Slipped …
Read18th June: Simone Dinnerstein, David McVicar and Carl Davis
Monday 18th June '12
The TelegraphThe opera novice: Richard Strauss' Salome - a Biblical family romanceStrauss' opera Salome is a psychosexual drama full of excruciatingly beautiful music.The IndependentSimon Bolivar Orchestra: Kids aloudAs the orchestra returns to Britain, Matthew Bell …
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