BACKGuardian
YouTube ‘destroying music’, pianist says in angry protest
Polish musician caught a member of the audience filming him on a mobile phone when he was performing in Essen, German.
Telegraph
Liz Forgan: The City’s wealth is not reaching the arts
Liz Forgan, former head of the Arts Council, asks why our hedge fund managers – unlike Russian oligarchs – are not supporting their culture.
The Times
Why Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes is the greatest British opera
Almost 70 years after its premiere, Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes is getting its first production in the town in which it is set and where Britten lived for most of his life.
ArtsJournal
La Scala announces new Sovrintendente
Salzburg’s loss is La Scala’s gain…
Classic FM
Chopin, Beethoven and Mozart scare French gangs at stations
Stations in France are allowing passengers to choose the music, preferring classical pieces over other genres in the hope they might deter gangs of youths.
Berliner Zeitung
Der renommierte Pianist Krystian Zimerman hat in Nordrhein-Westfalen ein Klassikkonzert wegen eines illegalen Video-Mitschnitts unterbrochen und wütend die Bühne verlassen.
