musicalchairs: February 2015

Have Simon Rattle's plans for a new concert hall in London taken the first step from rumour to reality? And news of £5 million of government money for the refurbishment of Colston Hall...

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Trench cello from WW1 played for 'first time'

A "trench cello", fashioned from an oil can by a World War One soldier, has been played for what may be the first time since the war, a museum has said.

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Does elite music teaching leave pupils open to abuse?

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Guildhall School of Music teacher Philip Pickett jailed for sex attacks

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Thursday, 19 February 2015

Metropolitan Opera announces its 2015-16 season

The Metropolitan Opera's next season has plenty of the enticing features one might expect, including six new productions and Verdi's masterful "Otello" for opening night.

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Greensboro Symphony creates young professionals group

Then Megan Millard came to town. Thanks to her inspiration and volunteer efforts, the symphony has a new organization, Vivace Young Professionals.

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Paris Opera director fails surprise opera quiz: video

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Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Pulling the strings: why Britain's orchestras say new tax measures don't play fair

That's fine if you're the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, but not so good if you're a contemporary music ensemble, a brass band, a choir, a string orchestra or even some chamber orchestras. Larger orchestras themselves could fall foul of this rule...

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Eschenbach's NSO contract to end in 2017 - Washington Post

The National Symphony Orchestra announced this morning that Christoph Eschenbach will become Conductor Laureate of the orchestra in the 2017-18 season.

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Conductor Simon Rattle joins anti-music cuts campaign

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Romanian tenor Octavian Naghiu, dies of heart attack at 81

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Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra axes three principal musicians who called for bosses to quit

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Is there such a thing as musical graffiti?

From Igor Stravinsky to Bo Diddley, musicians throughout history have delighted in roughing up their work, stripping away artifice to speak directly

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Monday, 16 February 2015

Pianist Aldo Ciccolini dies aged 89

Though highly regarded by his pupils, who included Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Artur Pizarro and Nicholas Angelich, and by other musicians with whom he performed, notably the singers Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Nicolai Gedda and the violinist Jacques Thibaud, he never quite entered the big league of international soloists.

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300 Android phones play Beethoven's 'Ode To Joy'

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Berlin Philharmonic seeks extra public funding

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Sunday, 15 February 2015

Berliners lose badly in London match

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The Los Angeles Philharmonic faces up to a daunting future

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Simon Rattle: will the maestro return home?

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Saturday, 14 February 2015

John McCabe dies aged 75

Prolific composer and pianist of international standing was a remarkably rounded musician who was responsible for more than 200 compositions and pursued a busy solo career over several decades.

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Minnesota Orchestra will be 1st from US to perform in Cuba - News Sentinel

Minnesota Orchestra CEO Kevin Smith told musicians Thursday that the group will play two concerts at the Cubadisco Festival in May.

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Górecki symphony premiered in Poland

Symphony No. 4 by the Polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki will be given its Polish premiere on Sunday, 15 February, in Łódź, with the Silesian Symphony Orchestra

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Power efficiency in the violin

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Don't forget all application for the 7th International musical competition Svirél must be submitted by February 15. More information on upol.si/svirel

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Friday, 13 February 2015

English National Opera told to put its house in order

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Minnesota Orchestra will be 1st from US to perform in Cuba

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Soprano Helena Arizmendi dies

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The 10 best Scandinavian symphonists (who aren't Sibelius or Nielsen)

Sibelius and Nielsen may be dominating London’s concert halls this year, not least with Simon Rattle’s Sibelius symphony cycle, but there are many other Scandinavian composers well worth hearing. Here’s our top ten Continue reading...

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Mob hit man, priest and violin take center stage at Chicago trial - CBS News

Mob hit man, priest and violin take center stage at Chicago trial

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'Mean-hearted' Facebook shuts down violin girl's £30k charity page

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Wednesday, 11 February 2015

What It Means To Play Pablo Casals' Cello

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Mobster, Priest and Violin to Feature at Chicago Trial

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Acclaimed conductor Strugała turns 80

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Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Alexandre Desplat on His Double Oscar Nominations

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Chicago Symphony audience is accused of ‘disrespect’

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Seattle Symphony quartet surprises passengers on delayed flight

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State fines Pittsburgh Opera for tardy filing

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Stradivarius cello to be played in Manchester during special one-off performance

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Monday, 9 February 2015

The baby that divided a nation

Outside the Korona Hotel in Mako, a town in southern Hungary famous for its warm weather and its excellent onions, stands the bronze statue of Mihaly Fatyol, a Roma violin virtuoso.

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The Korean TV channel MBC is about to screen a demolition documentary on Myung Whun Chung, music director of the Seoul Philharmonic.

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Saturday, 7 February 2015

World premiere of Vivaldi's earliest known work.

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'Phantom of the Opera' arrested in police chase

An audience member has been arrested at the Vienna State Opera for persistently sneaking into more expensive seats.

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Friday, 6 February 2015

Who Might Replace Gilbert at the Philharmonic

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A 100-Year-Old Impresario Who Promotes New Classical Musicians

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Interview: Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki

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New concert halls - the good, the bad, and the rumours

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Thursday, 5 February 2015

Tom Morris on making classical music more saleable

Speaking at the ABO Conference, the Bristol Old Vic artistic director discusses new ways to make money from the concert experience in testing times for live music.

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Sydney Opera House projects live orchestra on its sails

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Minnesota Orchestra has new principal bass

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Curtain still rises for opera in a battle-scarred Ukrainian city

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Hearing aid uses tongue to process sound

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Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Composer faces music for assault

MUMBAI: The Amboli police have booked music composer Ismail Darbar, his son Zaid who is an assistant film director, and two other associates for assaulting an assistant film director over a payment dispute at Andheri (W) on Monday.

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Arts critic Andrew Patner dies at 55; versatile Chicago writer, radio host

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Nude scene in Bible-based opera Salome whips up storm in Belfast

It's just a 10-second change to a 95-minute show. But the late decision to feature a nude performer in this weekend's productions of Salome at Belfast's Grand Opera House has sparked controversy and possible protests outside the venue.

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As opera struggles, Sarasota's holds its own

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What's wrong with state-subsidised opera

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Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Kein eigener Konzertsaal für München - Philharmonie wird entkernt

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ENO - enjoy the blood-letting, but let's hope this doesn't become an autopsy

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San Francisco Symphony Ratifies Musicians' Contract

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India's lone tenor wants to sing opera in Hindi

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Facing the music: Martin Fröst

The clarinettist tells us about his musical tastes on and off the concert platform

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