The return of live music: what venues have re-opened ?
Indoor live music with an audience is allowed to return on 15 August, as long as it is safe to do so
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Posted: 10 Aug 2020
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020
Nearly 100 Philly schoolkids practiced on Zoom with Philadelphia Orchestra virtuosos, and you’re invited to the grand finaleAll City Orchestra Summer Academyinquirer.com -
Posted: 09 Aug 2020
Death of a great British leaderSlipped Disc has been informed that Erich Gruenberg died yesterday at his home in Hampstead Garden Suburb, aged 95.slippedisc.com
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020
Sunday with Max Richter: ‘I treasure the time for recuperation’The composer spends a restful day cooking, walking the dogs and playing Bach on the pianotheguardian.com -
Posted: 09 Aug 2020
Guadagnini-Stiftung - 1st International Violin Competition Stuttgart 2021 - 266 applications from 43 countries have registered.The registration phase for our Competition ended on July 31. On October 1, 24 violinists will receive an invitation to take part…guadagnini-stiftung.com -
Posted: 08 Aug 2020
How to Diversify Orchestras - 8 Letters to the New York TimesReaders offer their ideas in response to the music critic Anthony Tommasini’s suggestion that blind auditions be ended.nytimes.com -
Posted: 08 Aug 2020
Nicola Benedetti says poor leadership is costing jobsShe said: “I just don’t believe that the route we’ve taken is the best we could have done.heraldscotland.com
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Posted: 08 Aug 2020
Volunteers sew bell covers for band students to stop the spread of COVID-19Lincoln Public Schools students will be back in classrooms Wednesday, Aug. 12. Many will also be back in extra curricular…1011now.com -
Posted: 07 Aug 2020
Classical music's race problemBy Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone New York Timesstartribune.com
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Posted: 07 Aug 2020
Opera chief falls sick with CovidJonas Sakalauskas, director of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet, has called in sick with Covid-19.slippedisc.com
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Posted: 07 Aug 2020
Sitzen und schwitzen: Fächerverbot bei den Salzburger FestspielenTrotz Sommerhitze darf sich das Publikum im Saal keine Luft zufächeln.kurier.at -
Posted: 06 Aug 2020
Would you go to a drive-in symphony concert? Here's what the OSM's looked like.The event drew more than 500 cars to a parking lot at Montreal-Trudeau International Airportcbc.ca -
Posted: 06 Aug 2020
Conductor John Wilson has exciting plans for the Sinfonia of London.John Wilson recently bought the name of the Sinfonia of London and has re-establised it as a recording orchestra.thetimes.co.uk
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Posted: 06 Aug 2020
New York Public Radio Taps Edward Yim To Lead WQXR, New York's Classical Music StationHis appointment will take effect on September 28th.broadwayworld.com -
Posted: 06 Aug 2020
‘The ship is sinking’ – British orchestras are losing £6m a month and fighting to survive“For our orchestral members the ship is sinking and there isn’t a lifeboat in sight. This government either doesn’t…classicfm.com
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Posted: 05 Aug 2020
New York Times calls for de facto racial quotas in classical musicArts and music education have been mercilessly cut back or entirely eliminated in the public schools. By Fred Mazeliswsws.org
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Posted: 05 Aug 2020
12 Ways The Pandemic Will Change Classical Music By Michael VincentNaked and afraid: Pondering the future of classical music amid COVID-19.ludwig-van.com
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Posted: 05 Aug 2020
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Autumn concerts of the FRSO to be televised live on the Yle Teema channelAudiences are now permitted in the hall again, but to ensure sufficient distancing, only around 400 tickets will be sold.yle.fi -
Posted: 04 Aug 2020
Washington Concert Opera Names New Executive DirectorThe Washington Concert Opera has announced that Tehvon Fowler-Chapman will become WCO’s new Executive Director, starting on…operawire.com