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3rd December: Wolfgang Rihm wins the Grawemeyer, Alfie Boe to star in...
Classical News 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...
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19th December: Pierre Boulez awarded Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, John...
Classical News Guardian John Rutter’s Christmas playlist Today, conductor, choral composer and one of the UK’s most-loved musicians shares his festive playlist with us. Telegraph Opera Review of 2014:...
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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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15th October: Lovie Awards, Domingo taken ill & Cultural Education Challenge
Classical News In today’s news, ROH has won two Lovie Awards and The New York Times reports that tenor Placido Domingo has had to withdraw from several performances of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Met....
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19th October: Levit interview, Warner Classics tribute & 330th year of J. S....
Classical News In today’s news: Warner Classics is about to issue a two-CD tribute to Jon Vickers, and Plácido Domingo withdraws from conducting & needs to undergo surgery. Also, Klassik Akzente...
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6th November: BBC Proms Australia, ENO at Coliseum & Argerich wins RPS Gold...
Classical News In today’s news, Music makes £4.1 billion for UK economy, Martha Argerich becomes the 101st recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, and BBC Proms Australia 2016 is...
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17th November: Composers’ Commissions decrease, RSNO relocates & Paul Hamlyn...
Classical News In today’s news, the results of Sound and Music’s Composer Commissioning Survey are revealed, Royal Scottish National Orchestra relocates to Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall, ‘La...
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24th November: Carol composer, middle class dominates arts & Jouni Kaipainen...
Classical News In today’s news, The Telegraph tells the history of classical music in 50 short pieces, BBC Music Magazine talks to the composer of their 2015 carol and Gramophone reports that the...
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29th June: Guest lists and gigs help refugees, Barenboim on Brexit & Yo-Yo Ma...
Classical News In our news today, pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim comments on Brexit, a new documentary about Yo-Yo Ma & Germany shows London how to raise money for charity through guest...
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24th November: A new Beethoven Museum in Vienna, Mariss Jansons is honoured...
In today’s’ news: A new Beethoven Museum in Vienna. After a 2-year hiatus the Orff Festival returns to its home in Andechs. Mariss Jansons is honoured with the gold medal of the London Royal...
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