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20th February: why Britain’s orchestras say new tax measures don’t play fair, musical page turning is under threat from the accursed iPad and Chancellor in tune with Rattle’s concert hall wish

Friday 20th February 2015

Classical News

Guardian

Pulling the strings: why Britain’s orchestras say new tax measures don’t play fair

Orchestras can only apply for new tax relief if they fit the government’s bizarre idea of what an orchestra should be – and that cuts out string ensembles, choirs and brass bands

Telegraph

‘Stop banging your head against a brick wall – politicians just don’t care about culture’

The Warwick commission report is another futile attempt to persuade government that the arts matters, says Rupert Christiansen

Independent

The age-old art of musical page turning is under threat from the accursed iPad

Simon Usborne plays a game of man versus machine with leading British concert pianist Sam Haywood

The Times

Our Dickensian attitude to arts education

British artists may win awards but will never win the hearts and minds of the Gradgrinds who still control our schools

Chancellor in tune with Rattle’s concert hall wish

The conductor Sir Simon Rattle’s campaign for a grand new concert hall in London became a realistic prospect yesterday after an endorsement from George Osborne.

Sinfini

Classical diversity

A new report has called on British orchestras and conservatoires to address deep-seated inequalities at the heart of the classical music industry.

Frankfurter Allgemeine

Die Geigenfrist läuft ab

Der Streit um den Verkauf der West-LB-Kunstwerke geht weiter.

Der Tagesspiegel

Zitterpartie um Stradivari-Geige

Der Geiger Frank Peter Zimmermann liebt seine Stradivari. Doch der Leihvertrag über das millionenschwere Instrument mit der Portigon AG läuft Ende der Woche aus.

Berliner Zeitung

Warum wir manche Songs nicht mehr aus dem Kopf kriegen

Wer entscheidet darüber, ob ein Song ein Hit wird oder nicht? Der Bonner Musikwissenschaftler Volkmar Kramarz meint, dass man das genau vorhersagen kann.

Spiegel Online

Jazz bei den Oscars: Im Ohrenkino

Hollywood-Streicher oder melodiebetonte Improvisationen: Wie verschieden man jazzige Filmmusik umsetzen kann, zeigen zwei neue Alben.

The New York Times

Ronald Perelman, a Mogul With Muscle, Takes Over Carnegie Hall

RONALD O. PERELMAN, billionaire business titan and a self-described “frustrated musician,” owns five drum sets and has played with the likes of Bon Jovi and the Beach Boys.

El Mundo

Contra el ‘ivazo’ cultural, día sin música el 20 de mayo

Ocho asociaciones del sector de la música en directo han presentado este jueves un manifiesto en el que han reafirmado el valor de la música en vivo y su disposición a trabajar para que ésta no muera en España.

Twitter

BBC Front Row@BBCFrontRow: “The way the music took her over changed our lives” @StevenIsserlis on Du Pre’s Elgar Concerto http://bbc.in/1DBYMyZ 

Gramophone@GramophoneMag: Happy birthday to #RiccardoChailly – one of the world’s great conductors. Any favourite #Chailly recordings? http://bit.ly/1w4p5ND 

Ed Vaizey@edvaizey: .@George_Osborne & @MayorofLondon set out plans for open to all, world class LDN concert hall http://goo.gl/FWl4sH  #LongTermEconomicPlan

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Simon Usborne plays a game of man versus machine with leading British concert pianist Sam Haywood. Photo: Independent