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In our news today, Sacconi Quartet performs at Bromsgrove’s Artrix next Friday, Charles Owen becomes Steinway UK ambassador, and Reignwood becomes LSO principal partner. Also, St John’s Smith Square announces Christmas festival programme, and NDR Elbphilharmonie sells affordable tickets.
Bromsgrove Standard
Sacconi Quartet to give Bromsgrove classical music fans a treat at Artrix
Classical music fans will be in for a treat when award-winning chamber music ensemble Sacconi Quartet performs at Bromsgrove’s Artrix next Friday (October 7).
Classical Music Magazine
Charles Owen becomes Steinway UK ambassador
Steinway & Sons has appointed Charles Owen as its first UK ambassador. The new role will see Owen lead three masterclasses at Steinway Hall.
Reignwood becomes LSO principal partner
The London Symphony Orchestra has announced a new principal partnership with Chinese investment firm Reignwood for the next three years. Building on the company’s existing sponsorship, the partnership will run until 2019.
SJSS announces Christmas festival programme
St John’s Smith Square has announced the programme for its 31st annual Christmas festival, which will take place 9-23 December. The event will launch with a concert from the Choir of King’s College London, featuring Tavener’s Ikon of the Nativity and Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil.
Quad-City Times
City of jazz, blues fests gets 1 devoted to classical music
Organizers say the six-day festival that starts Wednesday in Chicago will feature more than 80 composers, 300 musicians and over 50 world premieres at venues city-wide.
The Violin Channel
Founding Violinist to Exit Poland’s Szymanowski String Quartet
The Hannover-based Szymanowski String Quartet has announced today that co-founder and long standing 1st violinist Grzegorz Kotow will leave the ensemble, effective immediately – after more than 2 decades with the group.
Broadwayworld
The Baryshnikov Arts Center Presents Two BAC Salon Concerts this November
BAC Salon is a series of concerts presented in a salon setting, without a division between stage and auditorium. This series takes music written for intimate spaces, jazz and classical alike, back to its natural setting.
RBB Kulturradio
Ticketverkauf für die “Konzerte für Hamburg” hat begonnen
Die rund 60.000 Karten für die einstündigen Konzerte in der neuen Elbphilharmonie sollen für jedermann erschwinglich sein und sind daher schon für 6, 12 bzw. 18 Euro erhältlich.
klassik.com
Brandenburger Symphoniker wollen ihren Chefdirigenten behalten
Das Orchester des Brandenburger Theaters macht sich dafür stark, weiterhin mit seinem bisherigen Chefdirigenten Peter Gülke zusammenzuarbeiten. Geschäftsführer Klaus Deschner wolle dagegen die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Dirigenten nicht fortsetzen.
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Kraftwerk-Mitglied lehrt künftig an Musikhochschule
Falk Grieffenhagen (47), Mitglied der legendären Elektropop-Band Kraftwerk, lehrt ab dem Wintersemester das Fach Visual Music an der Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.
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Sacconi Quartet. Photo: Sacconi Quartet @ Bromsgrove Standard