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21st March: New tax relief scheme for arts organisations, BBCSSO announces...
Classical Music Magazine Industry welcomes tax relief on production costs Arts Council England has welcomed a new scheme for arts and cultural organisations to claim specific tax relief on production...
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8th April: New Warner Classics president & professionals can’t tell the...
Classical Music Magazine Alain Lanceron named president of Warner Classics & Erato Alain Lanceron has been confirmed as president of Warner Classics and Erato following Warner Music Group’s...
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22nd May: Cellist plays on Ben Nevis, Gerald Finley to climb Kilimanjaro for...
Edinburgh Evening News Cellist plays atop Ben Nevis for late husband An Edinburgh cellist has delivered a soaring musical tribute to her late husband by performing a specially-composed piece of music...
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23rd May: Arts & Business Awards announced, La Scala fires director general &...
Classic FM Arts & Business Awards winners announced The best partnerships between businesses and the arts were honoured last night at a ceremony at the BFI Southbank, London at the 35th Arts &...
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12th November: Venezuela’s El Sistema music scheme is ‘model of tyranny’, ENO...
Classical News Guardian Venezuela’s El Sistema music scheme is ‘model of tyranny’, UK academic says Supporters rush to defend ‘beacon of social justice’ as study shows project fails to reach...
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23rd February: Academy Awards, Britain’s problems with music education...
Classical News Guardian Simon Rattle is waving his baton at the wrong cause The charismatic conductor may get his way with a new concert hall, but classical music’s problems lie elsewhere, in Britain’s...
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23rd June: James Horner dies, Kirill Petrenko named conductor of Berlin...
Classical News In today’s news, “Titanic”-composer James Horner dies in plane crash, pianist Sara Solovich tackles stage fright and CBSO announces new assistant conductor. Also, Die Welt reports on...
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23rd July: sleepwalking pianist, work begins on Mexican Arts complex,...
Classical News In today’s news, sleepwalking girl plays piano, work begins on Mexican Arts Complex and the director of Kentucky Opera has been killed in a car crash. Classic FM Amazing footage shows a...
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24th July: why Glyndebourne chorus is crucial, student creates...
Classical News In today’s news, Rupert Christiansen on why the Glyndebourne chorus is crucial, Ghent student creates Styrofoam-covered cello to amplify sound and conductor Joseph Cullen is sentenced to...
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30th July: Europe’s largest Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ, music teachers’...
Classical News In today’s news, Europe’s largest Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ is revived, music teachers’ zero-hours contracts may prevent children from learning an instrument and why symphony...
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12th August: conducting masterclass, rediscovered Stradivarius and Lorenzo’s...
Classical News In today’s news, Marin Alsop gives a conducting masterclass, the ‘Ames’ Stradivarius is rediscovered and Lorenzo Viotti wins a young conductors award. The Strad The rediscovery of the...
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13th August: classical hoaxes, Ibiza Prom success, Birmingham Conservatoire...
Classical News In today’s news, the best classical music hoaxes, BBC Ibiza Prom is most downloaded and Birmingham Conservatoire tops student satisfaction ratings. Also, violinist Lynn Blakeslee has...
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8th September: Jakub Hrusa at the Bamberg Symphony, Iván Fischer on EU’s...
Classical News In today’s news, the Tagesspiegel announces Jakub Hrůša as the new Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and Sinfini investigates the price of an opera education. Also a strike at the...
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25th September: Shostakovich Question, ‘Sleep’ premiere & Music and the Brain
Classical News In today’s news, Gramophone asks ‘The Shostakovich Question’, and The Guardian reveal 10 pieces that will give you nightmares. Also, Sinfini Music analyse music’s relationship with the...
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29th September: Sokolov refuses award, Turner prize shortlist & Juilliard...
Classical News In today’s news, Sokolov refuses award won by Lebrecht, and Juilliard opens a campus in China. Also, Classical Music Magazine writes that women in classical music are thrust into the...
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16th October: Bocelli interview, Music in other cultures & RCM development
Classical News In today’s news, the arts world is being love-blitzed by government ministers, and The Arts Desks discusses music in other cultures. Also, the Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award 2016 is...
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21st October: Music Venues Rescue Plan, Kovacevich’s best recordings & Cho...
Classical News In today’s news, there are plans to support London’s smaller music venues, and The Times writes that classical music can learn from rock festivals. Also, The Guardian look back at the...
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October 23rd: Prodigy suicides, Gender Pay Gap & First Lady of China visits RCM
Classical News In today’s news, Arts Professional reveals a stark gender pay gap in arts salaries and Classic FM reports that ‘1 in 10 violin prodigies attempt suicide’. Also, First Lady of China...
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28th October: Hendrix-Handel double act, music icon Cho & Kovacevich interview
Classical News In today’s news, soprano Marlis Petersen says goodbye to Lulu, Jimi Hendrix forms double act with Handel at London museum & pianist Seong-Jin Cho is the newest classical music icon...
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2nd November: Max Richter’s playlist, Delhi Classical Music Festival & Alexey...
Classical News In today’s news, The Guardian asks five musicians of the Barbican’s Sound Unbound festival to create a playlist and the line-up for the four-day Delhi Classical Music Festival is...
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