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In today’s news, Xian Zhang makes conducting history as the first woman to have titled role at a BBC orchestra, BBC Radio 3 will bring back a slot aimed at youth audience, and an innovative assemblage of performing arts groups went online on Tuesday morning at the Google Cultural Institute
Sinfini
Xian Zhang is the first woman ever to be awarded a titled role with a BBC orchestra, a position that will make her one of the most visible and influential women in the UK’s classical music industry
New York Times
Google Cultural Institute Puts Us All Onstage
An innovative assemblage of performing arts groups went online on Tuesday morning at the Google Cultural Institute, a free website that made its name in recent years by digitizing and displaying the collections of more than 800 art museums and historical archives
Telegraph
Radio 3 to bring back children’s show next year
Controller confirms return of slot aimed at youth audience, forty years after Pied Piper came to an end
Classical Source
Estonia has signed a unique and ground-breaking partnership with the French web-based music learning platform for pre-solfege and ear training, Meludia
International Arts Manager
Manchester Camerata enhances board with three new appointments
UK-based ensemble Manchester Camerata continues its impressive growth strategy for 2015-16 with the appointment of three new board members to its team
Gramophone
Top 10 unfairly neglected operas
Operas that are lost or forgotten often suffer a protracted wait before re-emergence. David Patrick Stearns selects 10 notable examples
FAZ
Philharmoniker vergoogeln sich
Museen aus der ganzen Welt arbeiten bereits mit dem Suchmaschinenbetreiber aus dem Silicon Valley zusammen. Jetzt stellt Google ein „Performing Arts“-Programm mit rund sechzig Kooperationen vor. In Berlin
Klassik.com
Heiner Goebbels mit Franco Quadri Preis ausgezeichnet
Der deutsche Komponist und Theatermacher Heiner Goebbels ist mit dem Franco Quadri Preis der Ubu/Franco Quadri-Gesellschaft ausgezeichnet worden
Pizzicato
Geschasster Dorny bekommt Recht vor Gericht
Das Land Sachsen hat dem designierten Intendanten der Semperoper Dresden, Serge Dorny, zu Unrecht gekündigt. Das beschloss die 1. Zivilkammer des Dresdner Landgerichts
El Mundo
Instrumental, del pianista James Rhodes, es un muy valioso testimonio sobre los límites entre la genialidad y la enfermedad mental
Classicalite
Carnegie Hall 125th Anniversary: ‘Somewhere Project’ Explores ‘West Side Story’
For Carnegie Hall’s 125th Anniversary, the Weill Music Institute is paying homage to this giant among musicals with a venture called the Somewhere Project
BBC Music Magazine @MusicMagazine : On the second day of advent… http://bit.ly/1PLGTpg #25carols
Sinfini Music @SinfiniMusic : Carol singing for #charity (or fun) this year? Print out your free carol lyrics here! http://bit.ly/1FqkFB2
BBC Radio 3 @BBCRadio3 : Tom Service made this thrilling short video about Beethoven. http://bbc.in/1Inh8Ja
