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The latest news for classical music professionals.
Wednesday 12 March 2014
8:05AM GMT (8 hours, 57 minutes ago)
On National No Smoking Day, here's a tribute to opera singers who smoked (and some who still do)
Tuesday 11 March 2014
4:40PM GMT (1 day ago)
the first BBC Young Jazz Musician award - The Guardian (blog)
12:29PM GMT (1 day, 4 hours ago)
Ulster Orchestra chief Dr Rosa Solinas quits post
THE chief executive of the Ulster Orchestra has departed after just over a year in the job.
11:27AM GMT (1 day, 5 hours ago)
Валерий Гергиев: «Если внутреннее зло побеждено, то и внешнее не страшно»
Валерий Гергиев - об Украине и правде жизни. Valery Gergiev - about Ukraine and the truth of life.
9:41AM GMT (1 day, 7 hours ago)
9:39AM GMT (1 day, 7 hours ago)
Women conductors passing on the baton in new Musin-model course
Monday 10 March 2014
11:02PM GMT (1 day, 18 hours ago)
Robotic arm gives amputee drummer 'superhuman' skills
A drummer who lost his arm after being electrocuted can continue to pursue his dream, thanks to a robotic arm...
5:49PM GMT (1 day, 23 hours ago)
Ulster Rugby goes classical ahead of Heineken Cup tie
Ulster Rugby have launched a rallying cry with an online video that sees the Ulster Orchestra give the club's most famous chant a classical spin.
10:52AM GMT (2 days, 6 hours ago)
Sunday 9 March 2014
3:03PM GMT (3 days, 1 hour ago)
First BBC Young Musician jazz award won by saxophonist
Teenage saxophonist Alexander Bone has won the first jazz prize to be awarded as part of the BBC's Young Musician of the Year competition. The 17-year-old from Darlington beat two other saxophone players, a trumpeter and a double bassist in the final ...
12:37PM GMT (3 days, 4 hours ago)
12:09PM GMT (3 days, 4 hours ago)
Watching live opera in the cinema: a bit like a DVD until something goes wrong…(blog)
Friday 7 March 2014
7:04PM GMT (4 days, 21 hours ago)
Marion Thorpe, who has died aged 87, might well have preferred a discreetly musical existence, notably as a prime mover in establishing the Leeds International Piano Competition.
12:06PM GMT (5 days, 4 hours ago)
'Deaf' composer says he's sorry for deceiving - The Japan Times
However, the 50-year-old from Hiroshima Prefecture flatly denied composer Takashi Niigaki's claim that he is not deaf, saying he is preparing to sue Niigaki for defamation and will meet a lawyer next week.
9:57AM GMT (5 days, 7 hours ago)
Orchestra may face uphill battle attracting youth
Finding someone to go with me to the Cleveland Orchestra, winner of eight Grammy Awards in its historic 96-year existence, was tougher than I imagined it would be.
3:03AM GMT (5 days, 14 hours ago)
Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83
2:12AM GMT (5 days, 14 hours ago)
Community Rallies To Save Peninsula Symphony After Embezzlement
Thursday 6 March 2014
5:33PM GMT (5 days, 23 hours ago)
4:13PM GMT (6 days ago)
Soprano and accordion virtuoso to perform at Sochi 2014 Paralympic Opening
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