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2nd March: Is Riccardo Chailly the man to save La Scala? Joseph Calleja, Alex Beard and Sir Nicholas Kenyon team up for artist residency and can singing in a choir make children more moral?

Monday 2nd March 2015

Classical News

Guardian

Facing the music: Bob Chilcott

He wants to put 400 singers in a railway station, and he loves a bit of Barbra Streisand … composer and conductor Bob Chilcott shares his musical passions

The Times

Is Riccardo Chailly the man to save La Scala and all Italian opera?

Riccardo Chailly likes an uphill struggle.

BBC Music Magazine

Joseph Calleja, Alex Beard and Sir Nicholas Kenyon team up for artist residency

London’s Corinthia Hotel invites major players in classical music to judge opera-themed artist in residence programme

Sinfini

Opera meets modern art

High culture will meet cutting edge contemporary art this summer with the introduction of a pop-up gallery at one of the UK’s most traditional opera festivals.

Classic FM

Can singing in a choir make children more moral?

A new study has found that children who sing in a choir, play in an orchestra or take part in drama activities are more likely to make good moral choices than their peers.

Zeit Online

Immer nur Mozart, Mahler, Brahms

Wir brauchen keine Debatte über Konzertsäle, sondern zuerst über Konzertprogramme. Orchester spielen immer dasselbe, lähmende Spielpläne enthalten uns viele Genies vor.

Der Tagesspiegel

Daniel Barenboim – mit der Moderne auf Du und Du

Alban Berg, Pierre Boulez – und die endlosen Bauarbeiten Unter den Linden: Chefdirigent Daniel Barenboim über Komponisten als Revolutionäre und die Staatsopern-Festtage.

concerti

Alte Musik in barocken Räumen

Mit Spitzen-Ensembles aus ganz Europa sollen nicht nur Kenner sondern auch Kinder angesprochen werden

audiophil

SXSW MUSIC 2015

„Wir sind begeistert darüber, nicht nur die bisher größte Anzahl deutscher Künstler vor Ort zu haben, sondern mit ihnen eine Auswahl, die stärker denn je den wahren Geist Deutschlands und seiner künstlerischen Begabungen hervorhebt”, sagt James Minor, General Manager des SXSW Music Festivals.

pizzicato

Russian Radio Orpheus Engages In The Revival Of Musical Heritage

At a press conference in Moscow, Irina Gerasimova, General Manager and Artistic Director of the Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre, Orpheus, presented the multimedia project Revival Of The Musical Heritage Of Russia operated in collaboration with the company E.ON Russia.

Le Figaro

Ces acteurs qui connaissent la musique

La semaine dernière, elle était du voyage présidentiel aux Philippines pour lancer l’appel de Manille, à quelques mois de la conférence du climat.

Twitter

BBC Radio 3 @BBCRadio3: To mark International Women’s Day Sarah Walker is talking to feminist author @EricaJong, every day this week at 10am https://t.co/vQqzFfrMjs

Classical Music @ClassicalMusic_: To boycott or not to boycott? The knotty relationship between politics and the arts http://ow.ly/JJvVL  @ThompsonWarwick

Opera North@Opera_North: Miss @WNOtweet‘s Twitter takeover asking if austerity will #killculture on Fri? Here’s a recap: http://wp.me/p4iWXH-cc 

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