BACKIn today’s news: Classic BRITs announce sponsors, BBC radio wary of streaming services, queer Korean opera, orchestra performs Prince’s repertoire alongside Questlove, Conductor Currentzis and his „Fokus“-programme in the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Pianists Danae und Kiveli Dörren invite chamber music lovers to their Molyvos Music Festival, and acoustics seem off in the newly opened Elbphilharmonie.
Music Week
Apple Music, Classic FM and PPL partner with Classic BRITs
The Classic BRIT Awards has revealed its official partners for this year’s ceremony. The awards show, which will air on ITV, takes place on June 13 at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Telegraph
Radio could be killed by streaming services, head of BBC radio warns
BBC radio is under threat from streaming giants and must reinvent itself to survive, the corporation’s most senior music executive has said.
Classical-music.com
An unusual competition for young musicians
Most people enter a competition in order to win. The Two Moors Festival’s Young Musicians scheme, however, looks for four winners instead of one and provide a mini masterclass to each candidate.
The Guardian
Trojan Women: the Greek tragedy that became a queer Korean opera
A bold new show retells the Euripides classic through traditional pansori, K-pop and the story of ‘comfort women’ in the second world war.
Billboard
4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince Tour Slated for Fall
Prince will be celebrated with the 35-city 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince, comprising of a full symphony orchestra for the first time, playing alongside a live band featuring vocalists.
Broadway World
Pianist Boris Giltburg Joins Pacific Symphony For A Night Of Russian Classical Music
Making his first appearance with Pacific Symphony, Moscow-born Israeli pianist, Boris Giltburg, brings fresh dynamism to one of the world’s best known piano concertos-Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Mehr als ein Dirigent: Der auf den Klippen tanzt
Seit Jahren schafft Teodor Currentzis es schon, die Klassik-Szene in Atem zu halten. Nun beschließt der Dirigent die ihm gewidmete „Fokus“-Reihe in der Alten Oper mit einem Rameau-Programm.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Alfred Huber ist Arzt und im Nebenberuf Komponist.
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Die Pianistinnen Danae und Kiveli Dörken laden ihre Künstlerfreunde zum Molyvos Music Festival ein, um auf Lesbos ein rauschendes Fest der Kammermusik zu feiern.
El País
Bioética del instrumento musical
Bernard Sève ahonda en las relaciones entre música y filosofía en un sorprendente ensayo.
The New York Times
Remembering Glenn Branca: Hear 10 of His Essential Works
Glenn Branca died this week at 69. The musician and composer spent decades shaping the worlds of avant-garde rock and contemporary classical music.
nmz
Nicht mehr und nicht weniger als ein gebautes Wunder erwartete die Welt, als am 11. Januar 2017 die Elbphilharmonie ihre Pforten öffnete.
Prince performs at Skanderborg Festival 2013 in Denmark © PYMCA/UIG via Getty Images