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Guardian
Wolfgang Rihm wins the Grawemeyer
$100,000 composing award honours the prolific 62-year-old musician
Classic FM
Alfie Boe to star in orchestral version of The Who’s Quadrophenia
Who guitarist Pete Townshend has announced that an orchestral version of his band’s seminal concept album Quadrophenia will be released, named Classic Quadrophenia, with tenor Alfie Boe taking the lead role.
Classical Music Magazine
British Composer Awards announced with nine going to first-timers ‒ and five to women
The British Composer Awards were announced last night in a ceremony at Goldsmiths’ Hall.
BBC Music Magazine
Exultate Singers perform our exclusive carol
Listen to the Bristol-based choir’s version of Thomas Hewitt Jones’s ‘Lullay, my liking’
The Strad
Double bassist and composer Alvin Brehm has died aged 89
The New York-born musician led an active career as a player, teacher, composer and administrator
Berliner Zeitung
Fête de la Musique bis 2017 gerettet
Seit die GEMA höhere Gebühren von den Organisatoren verlangte, stand die Finanzierung auf der Kippe.
Klassik.com
Grawemeyer Award 2015 geht an Wolfgang Rihm
Auszeichnung ist mit rund 80.000 Euro dotiert
Klavier.de
Ji-Yeong Mun gewinnt Genfer-Klavierwettbewerb
Südkoreanische Pianistin erhält Preisgeld von 20.000 Schweizer Franken
The New York Times
Another Opera Crisis Is Averted in Italy
Gianandrea Noseda Is to Stay at Teatro Regio in Turin
El Mundo
Cuando España descubrió el piano
El Museo del Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid ha hecho un hueco en sus salas para albergar una exposición peculiar que recorre la historia del piano en España, y en particular los 200 años de los ‘castizos’ pianos Hazen.
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Classic FM @ClassicFM: Is there equality in US orchestras? These are revealing graphics: http://classfm.co/e2XCIG
IntArtsManager @IntArtsManager: Concours de Genève has awarded the CHF20,000 first prize in its piano discipline to 18-year-old Ji-Yeong Mun http://bit.ly/1zPgMSp
Gianandrea Noseda, music director of Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, at this summer’s Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center. He had threatened to leave his company unless changes were made. Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times