These musicians took a baby on stage to perform a lullaby

Violist Marina Thibeault's baby boy Lucien was having a nap backstage during her concert but woke up in time for the encore. So mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta held him while they performed a lullaby for him.

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Charles Dutoit releases statement denying sexual assault claims

The conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (who have already released their own statement on the matter and mutually agreed with Dutoit to halt all of his conducting engagements) has strongly denied any wrongdoing.

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Charles Dutoit accused of sexual harassment

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, where he is principal conductor, has released him "from his forthcoming concert obligations for the immediate future". The Boston Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony have severed all ties with the Swiss-born conductor. The New York Philharmonic said he had been withdrawn from conducting five concerts scheduled for January, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra said he had withdrawn from concerts scheduled in the first half of nex

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All the keys on this piano are tuned to one single note. How does it make Beethoven sound?

For a recent ad campaign, Android came up with the perfect metaphor for society (honestly): a piano.

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Musicians Ask Boston Symphony Orchestra To Diversify Its Programming

More than 60 musicians are calling for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to include more female composers and composers of color in its programming.

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Orchestra funding should be ringfenced at RTE, says Martin

We need to insulate the orchestras into the future.” Providing for the orchestras, of course, is already written into the Broadcasting Act 2009. So as things stand RTÉ has no choice but to maintain its orchestral services somehow or other.

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Alison Balsom leads revolt against British Airways over 'greedy' musical instrument charge

Alison Balsom, the renowned trumpeter, led a revolt against the airline that prompted a loud and stirring chorus of disapproval.

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Daniel Barenboim fordert Anerkennung des Staates Palästina

Der Dirigent und Pianist Daniel Barenboim hat sich im Nahostkonflikt für die Anerkennung des Staates Palästina stark gemacht. Barenboim schrieb in einem Beitrag für die Wochenzeitung "Die Zeit", man könne keinen Kompromiss zwischen zwei Völkern, noch nicht einmal zwischen zwei Menschen erwarten, die einander nicht anerkennen würden.

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Amazon has an 80-person orchestra just for employees

“About this time last year, one of our oboists looked through our employee directory and looked through people’s interests, particularly in classical musical instruments, and he just sent out this massive email, asking ‘Hey, who wants to start an orchestra?’” recalls Beau Curran, a technical account manager on Amazon’s digital music operations team and an oboist in the Amazon Symphony.

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Met Opera conductor Joseph Colaneri accused of sexual misconduct

A pianist has accused Joseph Colaneri of exposing himself to her at a performance of La Traviata in 2001

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Audiences will decide the future of opera - Michael Volpe blog

When our season at Opera Holland Park comes to an end, I pore over spreadsheets trying to find reasons why our audience have behaved in the way that they have, and the most concentrated analysis tends to come after seasons during which our house has been full.

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Medici To Stream Alma Deutscher's Opera 'Cinderella'

The Packard Humanities Institute and Opera San José will present the American premiere and world premiere of the English language version of 12-year-old composer, violinist, and pianist Deutscher's opera from San Jose, California.

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The Dallas Opera's General Manager Resigns - OperaWire

Cerny took the helm of The Dallas Opera in the spring of 2010 and presided over a number of artistic projects, expansions, and technical innovations, which included a highly successful simulcast program and innovative community outreach programs.

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È morta Simonetta Puccini, l'ultima nipote del compositore

La donna, 89 anni, era stata nominata unica erede dopo una lunga battaglia giudiziaria. Ha dedicato al sua vita al ricordo e alla valorizzazione dell'immagine del nonno

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40 músicos de la Orquesta Simón Bolívar eligen el exilio

La crisis y la represión de Maduro provocan una desbandada y Gustavo Dudamel prefiere no volver a Venezuela por miedo a represalias

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MEAA releases report on sexual harassment and bullying

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance has today released the findings of an anonymous survey for members of the live enteratainment industry, which it conducted online between July and November 2017.

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845 Life: Cello pro John Reed creates an app for musicians

“In the end, I want it to be a tool that musicians can use whether they are on a plane or a train or a bus.”

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A conductor without vanity – is that possible? Hardly. But Iván Fischer comes close. He turns his back on the established rules of the classical music business – and reinvents the orchestra.

A perfectly normal orchestra? That was not what he wanted. Ever. In fact, the young Iván Fischer found the notion radically impossible, was already fed up with his international career almost before it had begun.

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Federal grand jury indicts jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield

rammy-winning trumpeter resigns post amid donations probe

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Chicago Judges, Attorneys Compose Unique Orchestra - CBS Chicago

One of Chicago's most unusual orchestras is a combination of judges, attorneys and other professionals. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole spent some time Friday with the men and women of the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra.

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Lawrence Foster Named Chief Conductor & Artistic Director of Polish National Radio Symphony

One of the most sought-after conductors of our time, Mr. Foster has been invited as guest conductor by many of the world's leading orchestras

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Black Violin Musicians Adopt A Hollywood Elementary School

Bethune’s theater teacher, Nerissa Streets, says the kids can really look up to them, since the musicians are locals.

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An Opera Star Walks Into a Karaoke Bar …

The singers found themselves trading lines in “Bohemian Rhapsody” with the ebullient tenor Barry Banks and rocking out with air guitar solos that would have been right at home in the movie “Wayne's World.”

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Miriam Lord: Varadkar and Martin in harmony over RTÉ orchestras

Events took a musical turn during Leaders' Questions when the Fianna Fáil leader raised the fraught question of the fate of Ireland's two publicly-funded orchestras – RTÉ's National Symphony Orchestra and Concert Orchestra.

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MBE for paralysed violinist Rosemary Johnson who uses brainwaves to play

A violinist formerly with the Welsh National Opera, who uses brain wave technology to perform despite being paralysed, was awarded an MBE for services to music yesterday.

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Prosthetic arm allows pianist to play

Using ultrasound for micro-movement detection from the amputee's muscles, the prosthetic has remarkable dexterity

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Nureyev debuts but director still under arrest

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Toledo Symphony worth a million

Patrons of the Toledo Symphony have long appreciated what a gem the orchestra is. Now one of them is demonstrating that appreciation with a very large contribution.

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The clarinet is the dirtiest instrument in the band

Never mind “saxophone lung”, it’s the dark horse clarinet that tends to harbour the most bacteria and fungi.

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British Airways 'force musicians to pay £280 each to fly their instruments to Jersey for a gig'

Violinist Rita Manning was travelling to a gig with her group Lorcian Ensemble when staff told them to put their precious instruments in the hold

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Opera isn't for everyone – and what's wrong with that?

As if the opera business wasn't already in enough of a stew, along comes a survey commissioned by Classic FM. Its findings are discouraging:

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Opera student raises $40000 in performance for college tuition

Opera student raises $40,000 in performance for college tuition. Sat, Dec 09. Drew Anthony raised enough money in a single opera performance to pay for a year of college tuition. After hearing his story, several prestigious universities have tapped him

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Met Opera conductor James Levine won't face charges in Illinois

Illinois prosecutors investigating alleged sexual abuse dating back to the 1980s against James Levine said Friday they won't pursue charges against the longtime Metropolitan Opera conductor, citing state law at the time,

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How Private Lessons And Culture In Classical Music Have Left Pupils Vulnerable To Sexual Misconduct

Cook now works at a classical music school in Newton, and has led her own private lessons. "There's a lot of trust that has to sort of inherently be put into a teacher when you're studying classical music," she explained.

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Ohio Symphony Orchestra Receives $8 Million Donation

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Ohio has received an $8 million donation, the largest in the group's history. The Columbus Dispatch reports the orchestra received the donation from the estate of Anne Melvin.

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Yes, classical music has a harassment problem – and now's the time for change

The seriousness of the allegations swirling around James Levine, the erstwhile music director of the Metropolitan Opera, has precipitated the classical music industry to ask uncomfortable questions of itself, in particular about the cultural ...

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Disgraced Met conductor says sex abuse claims are 'unfounded'

“As understandably troubling as the accusations noted in recent press accounts are, they are unfounded,” he said. “I have devoted my energies to the development, growth, and nurturing of music and musicians all over the world

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How classical music confronts current history and speaks loudly

Classical music, by some definitions, is an unchanging cultural monument from a better past. In truth, its survival is based on its ability to morph by the moment.

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Winners of 2017 British Composer Awards announced

A work exploring the experience of clinical depression and a piece paying tribute to Lilian Bland are among the winners of the British Composer Awards.

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New LA Orchestra Fellowship aims to bridge gaps between orchestras and their communities

New LA Orchestra Fellowship aims to bridge gaps between orchestras and their communitiesViolinist.com (blog)That was when a number of Michigan state legislators "withheld nearly $1.3 million in state aid and threatened to boycott and picket the orchestra's concerts if the orchestra did not hire more blacks," according to the New York Times.

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Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra to give all Canadians gift of music

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is looking to boost musical literacy in Canada with an ambitious program that will make a web-based music education platform free to anyone with a Canadian IP address for a year.

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David Hockney Receives SF Opera Medal

When San Francisco Opera asked me, I thought, I've never done an Italian opera — I'd done eight other operas by then — but I would not do it alone because it is an enormous job.

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Arts Council England

Today the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP, announced our new National Council members; including the youngest member ever, 26-year-old George the Poet.

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On Visibility and Invisibility: How Music Mirrors our Human Experience

Any groove-based music remains mostly invisible to many conservatory musicians, as it was to me before I ventured out beyond my training, because these styles are not taught or recognized in the classical canon.

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No fine for André Rieu as court sides with violinist over Dutch child employment law violation

Violinist André Rieu's production company has successfully contested a fine of €116,000 ($137,000) imposed by Dutch authorities after a series of concerts in Maastricht in 2015 failed to abide by strict child employment laws.

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A Multiphonic Clarinetmas

Carols as you've never heard them

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Ravinia Festival cuts all ties with former music director James Levine over sexual misconduct allegations

In fact, his heavy work load as music director of the Metropolitan Opera, in a historic 40-year tenure that lasted from 1976 to 2016, allowed him little free time to accept invitations as guest conductor at Orchestra Hall during those decades.

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Minnesota Orchestra trumpeter storms off stage in protest of performer's anti-GOP comments

Manny Laureano said he found Rufus Wainwright's anti-GOP comments "self-indulgent."

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Diva des Yvelines : le chef d’orchestre et l’avocate condamnés pour abus de faiblesse

Le maestro Jean-Christophe Keck a écopé ce lundi de 9 mois de prison avec sursis pour abus de faiblesse sur Eva Rehfuss, une cantatrice suisse morte à 85 ans fin 2008. L’avocate de Versailles, Me Michèle Gruffaz, a elle été condamnée à 12 mois avec sursis.

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Holden Madagame: The trans opera singer who went from mezzo soprano to tenor

About half a year ago my girlfriend told me about the Glyndebourne Academy, and it was like my social justice dreams had come true: a training program for aspiring opera singers with non-traditional career paths with an emphasis on diversity.

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Tory Liam Fox visited a second-hand bassoon shop and we've never seen him look so awkward

The International Trade Secretary was pictured holding a bassoon. And examining a bassoon very closely. And standing awkwardly in a room while another man played the bassoon.

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Why an opera singer went to business school

For about 10 years I did gig work — operas, recitals, weddings and other parties — but I also taught voice practice. Then about four years ago I started to reflect on what it was I wanted out of music.

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Former BSO conductor James Levine accused of molestation

The Metropolitan Opera in New York announced Saturday that it will investigate allegations that famed conductor James Levine, who also once led the Boston Symphony Orchestra, molested an Illinois teenager decades ago.

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Six in 10 classical music workers harassed, UK survey finds

Incorporated Society of Musicians study finds 70% of self-employed workers in industry said they had been harassed

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Florentine Opera receives $1.5M gift from longtime donors Donald and Donna Baumgartner

The Florentine Opera Company has received a $1.5 million gift from the opera company's longtime donors Donald and Donna Baumgertner to support the Florentine's Studio Artist program.

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What can we learn from an orchestra of broken instruments?

“If there are 1,500 broken musical instruments, that’s 1,500 children who should be playing these instruments and whose lives could be changed,” said Lang. “There is something heartbreaking about it.”

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UCU students create first virtual museum of classical music in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Catholic University on November 2 opened Ukraine's first virtual museum of classical music thanks to the work of students of UCU programs in computer science, history and culture studies.

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An Oxford-educated viola player: Meet the next ​e​mperor of Japan (and the low-key ​e​mpress) - Telegraph.co.uk

With his restrained demeanour and erudite interests ranging from viola playing to medieval transport, he has textbook perfect credentials to become the next Emperor of Japan.

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The Ohio farm boy who put Minnesota Opera on the map

How did a man who grew up on a dairy farm become the top artistic officer in an opera company?

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Petitioning Irish Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan and 6 others Save our national orchestras!

Take action to support and save our national orchestras, and ensure the continuance of a rich musical culture in Ireland.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra win Dementia Friendly Award

The Bournemouth Symphony orchestra have won the ‘Dementia Friendly organisation of the year award’ for small and medium businesses at the Dementia Friendly awards 2017.

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Toledo Symphony receives $1 million gift

The symphony learned of the gift, which will be broken into two payments of $500,000 over the next two years, on Giving Tuesday this week. It's one of the largest donations ever made to the symphony.

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Piano-burning composer visits Yale - Yale Daily News (blog)

Composer Annea Lockwood is better known for burning them. On Wednesday afternoon, Lockwood shared insights about her compositional process with students in Department of Music visiting lecturer ...

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Symphony video with scream goes viral; woman speaks out

A Northstate woman is speaking out after a video of her screaming during a North State Symphony concert went viral. The November 12 concert started out like any other until Conductor Scott Seaton lead the team through Igor Stravinsky's Firebird.

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Opera star's $4.5M pad hits all the high notes

The sunny duplex (with sunset views) is also where Horne sang her heart out offstage, often with dear friends including late opera stars Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti. “This place has heard a lot of music,” she says.

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He went from Jackson Public Schools to classical conducting in Vienna

When Mississippi native William Walker saw the suffering and devastation amassed by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, he felt a deep desire to help those affected.

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Minneapolis Teen's Violin Invention Gets Her Invite To Nobel Week

Sarah Betts invented the ViEx, a device that uses recycled violin strings to exercise the fingers. She started testing it on nursing home patients and elders in her church. “With my study, 95 percent of my patients showed improved range of motion and grip

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Conductor Zubin Mehta Sidelined by Shoulder Operation -

A shoulder operation is forcing conductor Zubin Mehta to take a break for at least three months and the famed opera house to change its lineup.

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RTÉ accused of working to downgrade orchestras

RTÉ has been accused of "working systematically to downgrade the number of people working in orchestras" and "possibly axing one of the orchestras entirely".

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Pittsburgh Symphony gets 2 Grammy nominations for Shostakovich recording

This year, the symphony's recording of "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio" is nominated for two awards: best engineered album, classical, for Mark Donohue, and best orchestral performance for music director Manfred Honeck and the symphony ...

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From Lady Gaga to an ice cello, Seth Parker Woods redefines what it means to play cello

Performances by Chicago-based cellist Seth Parker Woods are not only ear-opening: They expand your perceptions of his instrument's identity itself.

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Flute Made from a Tree Owned by George Washington Bush Returns to Washington

Over 170 years ago a butternut tree began growing in Bush Prairie. The seedling was on the property owned by George Washington Bush, one of the first pioneers to settle in what is now known as Washington State.

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Russian customs nabs French nationals red-handed smuggling Stradivarius violin

The musical instrument, made in 1750, was found during an inspection of a Renault automobile at the Krupets checkpoint near Kursk, in the western part of central Russia.

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Earplugs essential for orchestral musicians, study finds

A new study from the Netherlands has found that earplugs are essential for orchestral musicians, revealing that physical measures such as placing screens between sections or creating more space between players are largely ineffective.

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How one of the world's greatest composers died penniless in Croydon

The episode is being shown at 9pm on Tuesday (November 28) and explores Coleridge-Taylor's extraordinary life, while questioning the ongoing lack of diversity in the world of classical music. Coleridge-Taylor's father was a Creole physician from Sierra Leone and his mother a white English woman.

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Prizes Awarded at England’s Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition

18 year old violist Emma Wernig has been awarded 1st prize at the 2017 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition

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Leading conductor apologises for 'sexist' remarks

“But it was undiplomatic, unnecessary and counterproductive for me to point out that I’m not yet accustomed to seeing women on the conducting platform.

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A symphony of modern design -

In 1764, when he was just eight years old, Mozart wrote his first symphony while staying at 180 Ebury Street in Belgravia, west London, in a house that was part of a terrace built earlier in the century.

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'Women conductors are not my cup of tea' – Mariss Jansons ... -

Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons is one of the most famous conductors in the world. He is currently chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestras »

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Finalists announced at Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition

The Cecil Aronowitz Viola Competition, hosted by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University and the British Viola Society, has announced the five competitors going forward to the 24 November final.

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In Dallas, they're fighting for a new generation of female opera conductors

For every young conductor, being really helpful to the musicians is the key, and sometimes they don't understand what is and isn't helpful in connecting with the players."...

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Opera singer loses battle to be credited as Florence Foster Jenkins co-writer

An opera singer who claimed she co-wrote the screenplay to Florence Foster Jenkins, the Meryl Streep film, has lost her case after her own emails and diary entry identified her former boyfriend as the author.

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky, opera singer – obituary

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who has died aged 55, was the silver-haired baritone from Siberia who caused a musical sensation when he swept to victory at the Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 1989

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When orchestras are silenced, society will feel the loss

Orchestras are part of an ecosystem. They’re where many of the graduates of our music academies and conservatories will look to for employment. They don’t just give concerts, but they also collectively engage in educational work in schools and communities.

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BBC Concert Orchestra announces Bramwell Tovey as new Principal Conductor

The BBC Concert Orchestra has announced the appointment of Bramwell Tovey as its new Principal Conductor, taking up his position in January 2018.

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Singer David Lewis leaves Opera Australia after child sexual abuse charges

Distinguished tenor David Lewis has left Opera Australia after being charged with child sex offences involving a 14-year-old girl dating back to the 1990s.

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Take Action to Support the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

#LoveYourOrchestras Stop! You can help. Don't share this until you have taken action. The continuing existence of the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as separate entities is in danger. Click the image to find out what you can do

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Former RSNO chief to lead Los Angeles Philharmonic

Simon Woods, former chief executive of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), has been appointed chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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British Opera Director Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Sexual harassment scandals continue the opera world as British theater and opera director Ramin Gray has been accused of sexually molesting a number of actresses.

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Floats like a butterfly, plays like a virtuoso: Meet the classical musician who packs a punch in the ring - The Sunday Post

SHE is a talented classically-trained musician whose skills on the bassoon have won plaudits around the world. But Hannah Rankin is making a name for herself on a very different stage – the boxing ring.

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Berlin Philharmonic's first musician of Chinese descent, violinist Stanley Dodds, also has a Hong Kong connection

A perennial question of local fans of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, on when it would have its first player of Chinese ancestry, has been answered by celebrated violinist Stanley Dodds telling his story.

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Sistine Chapel breaks 500-year gender taboo to welcome soprano into the choir

On Friday night the mezzo-soprano joined the 20 men and 30 boys who make up the choir, among the oldest choral groups in the world, to sing Beata Viscera, by the Renaissance composer Pérotin.

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Love your orchestras? - Letter to the Irish Times

Sir, – RTÉ has neglected the two orchestras (the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra) over a period of years if not decades.

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra denies “toxic culture” claim

The Orchestra's Chairman refutes an "aggressive" story, but a former employee corroborates some of the criticisms.

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'Not just a piece of wood': Montreal musician's 19th-century Gemunder violin stolen in break-in

hen Marie-Claude Massé got a call from her neighbour alerting her to a break-in at her Hochelaga-Maisonneuve apartment Tuesday, her first thought was for her beloved violin. "My first reaction was, 'Go look for my violin,'" said Massé.

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Giancarlo Guerrero appointed principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra

Less than half a year after the Nashville Symphony's music director Giancarlo Guerrero was named music director of the Wrocław Philharmonic in Poland, he has been appointed principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Los Angeles Philharmonic Finds Its Next Leader in Seattle

The question has transfixed classical music for months: Who would the Los Angeles Philharmonic tap to fill the very large shoes of Deborah Borda, who helped make it one of the nation's most vibrant and financially sound orchestras?

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What Composers, Musicians, Should Know About The Proposed Tax Reform Bill

Buried within the 429 pages are several important changes which can have an impact on the career of a musician or composer.

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Cellist plays one piece of Bach on 20 historic cellos

Margarita Balanas is a postgraduate student from Royal Academy of Music, who popped over to London cello seller Tom Woods Cellos' store to perform the famous Bourée from JS Bach's Cello Suite No. 3 on 20 different instruments.

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'A desperate cry for help.' 400 busted Philly school instruments revived for Symphony for a Broken Orchestra

But when she went to pick up the instrument she'd be playing in the Symphony for a Broken Orchestra — a new composition for 400 amateur and professional musicians all playing broken instruments from the Philadelphia public schools

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Polish composer Penderecki honoured at Indiana University

University President Michael A. McRobbie hailed Penderecki as "one of the most influential composers and performers of the past fifty years," whose "outstanding lifetime of achievement and remarkable talent continues to shape global musical culture

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UK government funds Matthew Herbert's Brexit Big Band

A musician who wants to tour Europe to heal the "huge divisions" caused by Brexit has been given a grant by the UK Department for International Trade.

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Juilliard's Aspiring Classical Musicians Threatened by Trump Travel Ban

Adam Glaser conducts the Juilliard Pre-College orchestra, made up of high school students from around the world.

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Refugee orchestra wins standing ovation

The players, about 20 in total, were professional musicians in their home countries before they were forced to flee conflict or persecution.

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Berklee says 11 faculty members were fired over 13 years for sexual assault, harrassment

Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown held a forum on sexual harrassment and assault Monday in place of suspended his annual state of the school speech following a report by the Boston Globe.

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'A huge waste of time and money' for violinist travelling with Stradivarius turned away by British Airways

However, the airline's new published rules do not also ban violins, and if fact make the specific provision that 'subject to the space available …

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Seeking new audience, conductor turns orchestra 'inside out'

The challenge haunts classical music: How do orchestras rejuvenate aging audiences? Pondering the question, conductor David Bernard asked something related — how did he himself become enthralled by the music?

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BA tells musicians to buy another seat for their cello

Now British Airways has caused consternation among some leading performers by making it easier to carry violins and violas but effectively banning most other instruments from the cabin, including guitars, unless passengers buy a second seat.

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What music do psychopaths like? More Bieber, less Bach.

There's Beethoven in A Clockwork Orange or Mozart in The Silence of the Lambs. Wallisch and Nicole Leal, a recent graduate of NYU, wanted to find out if a preference for certain musical genres is correlated with psychopathy

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Is your child having trouble concentrating? Look into these music programs

Founded in 1958 by composer and UM professor Robert Strassburg, the youth symphony is among South Florida's oldest music-related nonprofits, according to its president, Leslie Carpenter.

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The violinist using social media to bring classical music to new audiences

“We all know classical music has a stereotype of being quite stiff, but musicians are incredibly funny people," he told SBS World News. "They're just a bit shy about it. I think with social media comes the ability to show a human side."

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Scientists turn cosmic particles into orchestral music - New York Post

British scientists have created an amazing three-minute symphony that is out of this world by using cosmic particles detected on a 40-year space journey.

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RTÉ is reviewing its €13 million orchestras but it could have a fight on its hands

RTÉ has announced that it will be reviewing the operations of both orchestras to “look at the best way of providing high quality and sustainable orchestral services to the Irish public”. The review will be carried out by former director of BBC Radio and BBC News Helen Boaden..

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Orchestra upset by conductor turnover

Student musicians were left scrambling after the University relieved conductor Brandon Keith Brown of his orchestra duties a day before their first concert of the semester.

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Opera Employee Stole More Than $100,000

The former box office manager of the Chicago Opera Theater has been charged with stealing more than $100,000 in ticket receipts during the three-plus years he worked for the organization,

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Now computers are writing perfectly acceptable pop songs

Taryn Southern is making an entire album co-written by artificial intelligence software

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Do you recognise this instrument?

This instrument is called an aulos. It was used in Greek tragedies as the musical accompaniment.

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Frank Gehry to Design a New Youth Orchestra Center for LA Philharmonic

Frank Gehry will design a new center for the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, a youth-outreach program established in 2007 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic

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Perlman discussed his doc 'Itzhak' and shared how he would respond if Donald Trump extended an invitation to the White House.

Perlman discussed his doc 'Itzhak' and shared how he would respond if Donald Trump extended an invitation to the White House.

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Unions warn RTÉ against conducting review of orchestral services

The unions say RTÉ could face "significant opposition" to the process.

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Paul Buckmaster, Essential Arranger for David Bowie and Elton John, Dead at 71

By his own admission, Buckmaster wasn't the most obvious candidate for arranger to the (rock) stars. His mother was a concert pianist, and as a child, he studied cello in private school in London. He didn't even learn how to arrange records until after his schooling.

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Berklee let teachers quietly leave after alleged sex abuse, and pushed students for silence

A Globe investigation has uncovered a culture of blatant sexual harassment at Berklee with at least three male professors, including Galindo, allowed to quietly leave since 2008, after students reported being assaulted, groped, or pressured into sex with their teachers, according to court documents and interviews with more than a dozen people.

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Hilary Hahn Commits to Practicing for 100 Days in a Row—with Unexpected Results

. Just as you scramble to find an hour in your day to focus on the violin, soloist Hilary Hahn is probably on the road, doing the exact same thing: “You only have a short window, but you always want to keep improving things,” she says. Sound familiar?

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This orchestra expertly pranked their conductor with a Mahler/Happy Birthday mashup

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra can play Mahler magnificently - but today they thought they would ambush their maestro with a birthday tune.

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Amidst its Own Loss, a Santa Rosa Violin Shop Assists Fire Victims

It's heartening to hear how the Loveland Violin Shop in Santa Rosa is helping to put violins back in people's hands after the Tubbs Fire so cruelly took them away.

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Richard and Emily Smucker pledge $15 million to Cleveland

On Wednesday, Richard and Emily Smucker announced a pledge to the Cleveland Orchestra of $15 million, the couple's largest single gift ever

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Can RTÉ effectively axe an orchestra?

More than 20 jobs have already disappeared in this way, and one highly placed source in RTÉ has said that by next June about one in five of the total of positions in the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra will have been vacated.

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Why does Taylor Swift write so many one-note melodies?

When the chorus soars up the musical scale, it's like a rush of energy. The emotional highs become even higher. And, as I am not the first to point out, she has a flair for melodrama

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Singing decorator from Flintshire saves church gig

The pastor, Rev Mark Ambrose, was preparing to scrap the scheduled lunchtime music recital just half an hour before guests were due to arrive.

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Conductor Zubin Mehta Discusses Wagner in Israel, Palestinian Musicians - pay wall

As he prepares to step down from the Israel Philharmonic in 2019, he talked about a variety of topics with The Wall Street Journal

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At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It's Never Been Sung Before

But brief as it is, the A above high middle C that the soprano Audrey Luna reaches in Thomas Ades new Opera, The Exterminating Angel, is so high it has never been sung in the 137 year history of the Metropolitan Opera.

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Singapore International Violin Competition announces 2018 participants

The Singapore International Violin Competition has announced the 34 participants of its January 2018 competition.

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This cello was played in the trenches of the First World War

This cello was once played in the trenches of Ypres, one of the most deadly frontlines of the First World War. Two hundred years later, Steven Isserlis is letting it sing again.

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These violins are made from spiders’ silk, and they sound beautifully mellow

An engineering student from Imperial College London has built a violin with a composite that incorporates spiders’ silk.

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Examination of Chopin's pickled heart solves riddle of his early death

The diagnosis, published in the American Journal of Medicine last week, is the latest and most convincing foray into the long-running dispute over the likely cause of Chopin's slow decline and death in his 30s.

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15. Deutscher Orchestertag, Berlin

musicalchairs is attending !

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EasyJet blocks world-famous musician from flight as £3.5m violin is held

But the freezing, high-altitude temperatures in the hold could damage the violin beyond repair. As a result, he had to cancel a lucrative job in Italy. His 276-year-old Guarneri “del Gesu” violin is on loan from the Austrian National Bank ...

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Will the Next Mozart be a Robot?

Creative work is the next arena. Pierre Barreau, CEO of Aiva Technologies, thinks that creativity is no longer an exclusively human quality.

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Symphony orchestra plays a concert in a metro constructions site 65 feet below Copenhagen

Opening concert from Danish Music Week 2017 For the workers from the new Copenhagen Metro - in the shaft of the unfinished Nørrebro Runddel Station.

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Au Revoir! SF Symphony Director Michael Tilson-Thomas Announces Plans to Leave after 25 Years

The label's latest project is a complete cycle of Schumann symphonies conducted by MTT in Davies Symphony Hall which comes out next week.

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Chicago Symphony's deficit widens by $300,000

Some of the biggest gifts in the orchestra's 126-year history arrived during Alexander's tenure. In 2014, CSOA board president Helen Zell and her husband, Sam, donated $17 million to endow the music director position at CSO.

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Choir conductors' pay not enough to attract younger generation

While the younger generations are still interested in Song Festivals and are actively participating in the choirs that perform there, the situation of the conductors has worsened.

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra secures $18.5M from 4 foundations

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra says four foundations are giving a combined $18.5 million to the organization to boost programming and its permanent endowment.

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Metropolitan Opera Enjoys First Ticket Sales Increase in Six Years

Following years of declining sales in the wake of the September 11, 2001 catastrophe, the Metropolitan Opera reported an increase in ticket sales for the season just ended over the 2005-06 season.

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Gaelynn Lea talks violin, disability rights; but not always at the same time

Gaelynn Lea was in Rochester this weekend for a performance at Nazareth College. She never thought she would be a performer full time.

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The Boston Symphony Orchestra is headed to Japan

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is prepping for its first Japan tour with Andris Nelsons as music director. The BSO last toured Japan with a music director in 1999, when Seiji Ozawa led the orchestra.

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News: The Atlanta Opera's innovative Discoveries series receives $1.2 million Blank Foundation grant

The Discoveries series launched in the 2014–15 season and was nominated for an International Opera Award in 2016, a first for the company.

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A storm in 1873 'built' Music Hall. CSO, May Festival team to recreate fateful concert

If it wasn't for a stormy day and a tin roof, would Cincinnati have Music Hall? For the finale of the five-weekend celebration of the $143 million restoration of the building, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is turning to the venerable hall's genesis ...

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Big Picture: Conductor Sean O'Loughlin recalls encounter with sharks

If the theme from Jaws seems particularly nerve-jangling when the Victoria Symphony performs it at the Royal Theatre on Saturday, chances are it's because conductor Sean O'Loughlin had his own close encounter with great white sharks not so long ago.

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Remembering Jacqueline du Pré, an Icon of the Cello

The British cellist Jacqueline du Pré was in her teens when she was sent to the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt for a master class with Pablo Casals, one of the 20th century's great cello virtuosos.

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Simone Young Renews Contract as Music Director of Hamburg Opera

Young, 46, became Intendantin of the Hamburgische Staatsoper and chief conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic in 2005; she has now effectively extended her current contract by five years.

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Andre Rieu Owns The Largest Private Orchestra... And Now He Wants To Play On The Moon

In his decades-long career, he has sold tens of millions of albums, played in dozens of countries and he's been able to make a business work that few could have imagined: a privately-owned and privately-funded orchestra.

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Dutch violin maestro Rieu fights child labour fine

The celebrated violinist Andre Rieu has appealed in court against an "absurdly high" 116,000-euro fine — issued for allowing children to perform in his show past the legal time limit set by Dutch law

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London Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Gordan Nikolitch steps down after 19 years

Gordan Nikolitch (Nikolić) played his last concert as leader of the London Symphony Orchestra on 23 October in Madrid, under conductor Bernard Haitink. Nikolitch, born in Brus, Serbia in 1968, joined the LSO as leader 1997.

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Violinist Maria Milstein wins Dutch Music Prize

The prize, the highest offered by the Dutch Ministry of Culture to a classical musician, is awarded to young musicians with prospects of an international career following admission to a development and mentorship programme.

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Meet the 25-year-old who plays the cello for beluga whales in northern Canada

The gurgling hum of the inflatable boat comes to a stop as we glide along the turbid waters. Rob Knaggs lifts his electric cello off the floor of our zodiac and slowly begins to play.

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Musical family swells ranks of orchestra

Doherty siblings Margot, a violinist, clarinetist Rosie and French horn player Annie, come from something of a musical dynasty as their aunt, Diana Doherty, is principal oboist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

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'Wear your trainers to the opera'

But Scottish Opera is hoping to kill off the perception that the genre is the province of sneering elitists. The company has begun an advertising campaign which says: “You don't have to dress up for the opera.

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Opera has a race problem, but we can't let bullies censor artists

The rage to censor art is as old as art itself. Since the time of Plato, moralisers have tried to ban certain sorts of music or painting or opera, because they corrupted the moral fibre of the people

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Pair of intrepid musicians climb N. Cascades summits to play

Allison pulls on a pair of embroidered, fingerless gloves. She gently bows the opening melody of Leonard Cohen's classic, “Hallelujah,” as Freeman arpeggiates the chords on piano.

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Philadelphia Orchestra principal oboist Woodhams to retire

“Woodhams is that rare orchestral gem, at once an ideal team player and yet able to stand out with distinction when called upon to take center stage,” wrote an Inquirer critic of a 1986 Mann Center performance of Bizet's Symphony in C Major.

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Yale football player Alex Galland did not kneel; he played trumpet with the band during the national anthem

With all the controversy and divisiveness generated by the current wave of protests during the playing of the national anthem at football games, this story may come as a welcome relief to many of those who are following these events.

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Trio Da Kali: the Malian musicians defying jihad – with help from Kronos Quartet

None of the trio had ever heard a string quartet, nor were they familiar with western classical music. Lassana Diabaté confesses that he was anxious how his percussive balafon would blend with Kronos's strings.

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Opera's Nicholas Sales sings Verdi in a Barnsley accent as a new Yorkshire opera opens

Why is there no opera in a Yorkshire accent? Indeed, can you actually sing opera with flat northern vowels?

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Rare Handel manuscript to be used for performance in Katikati

A rare publication of a manuscript of the famous Messiah by composer George Frederick Handel that dates back to the 1700s has been discovered in the Bay of Plenty. It is believed to be one of only four copies in the world.

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Conductor relieved of orchestra duties

The mood changed in Sayles Hall Tuesday night when orchestra students learned that Conductor Brandon Keith Brown, who was hired by the University for the 2017-18 academic year in May 2018, will no longer serve as their director.

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Former principal flutist killed in California wildfire

Lynne had been the principal flutist for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra -- now known as the Philharmonic -- for 17 years. She also taught music to countless students.

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New York Philharmonic Apprentice and Master Violins Now Available for Students

Harold Hagopian, president of New York Stringed Instrument Company Inc., who is a Juilliard graduate and violinist, has partnered with the New York Philharmonic to create the Official New York Philharmonic Apprentice Violin

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Classical violinist, 34, who once played for the Queen and set up a fake £25000 burglary dodges jail for the second time

A classical violinist, who once played for the Queen, left a motorcyclist with life-changing injuries in a cocaine-fuelled crash.

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Opera singer and film writer ex-boyfriend in High Court battle over who wrote the script to a Hollywood blockbuster

An opera singer is locked in a High Court battle with her film writer former boyfriend over who wrote the script to a Hollywood blockbuster. Julia Kogan claims she helped Nicholas Martin write the award-winning 2016 film Florence Foster Jenkins ...

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Bychkov becomes new chief director of Czech Philharmonic

The Czech Philharmonic says Semyon Bychkov has been appointed as its new chief conductor and music director. The orchestra said Monday that Bychkov assumes his full duties at the beginning of the 2018-'19 season.

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Running viola shatters marathon record

Alistair Rutherford, a Royal Birmingham Conservatoire student who earlier this year broke the Guiness World Record for running the fastest half marathon dressed as a musical instrument, took on the Birmingham International Marathon on Sunday 15 October.

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The Guardian view on the 'yellowface' casting row: classical music has a diversity problem

The fact that common sense clearly did not kick in points to a problem with diversity in classical music that goes far beyond operatic casting.

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Symphony's Cascade Quartet walks away from head-on crash

The Great Falls Symphony has a lot to be grateful for this weekend as four of its principal members survived a near head-on collision Thursday near Seeley Lake. For Cascade Quartet members Megan Karls, Mary Papoulis, Thad Suits and Maria Ritzenthaler, ...

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Missing for hundreds of years, $1.7 million red violin comes to Bates Music Hall

On Oct. 15, classical violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn will be performing with the 1720 Red Mendelssohn Stradivarius violin at the University's Bates Recital Hall.

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Opera singer breathes with another woman's lungs

- This fall, renowned soprano Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick will inhale deeply, filling her new transplanted lungs with air, and sing.

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Macon Symphony Orchestra bids farewell after 41 years

A 41-year-run for one of Macon's cultural institutions is coming to an end this weekend.

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Where Mozart drank in Prague?

Cafés and historic pubs remain fascinating experiences for the curious. Rich in tradition and local legends, they have invariably become interlinked with a variety of personalities who have in their own way, helped to shape a city's cultural identity ...

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Daniel Hope awarded Germany's Federal Cross of Merit

The now Berlin-based violinist was presented with the Verdienstkreuz am Bande on the evening of the premiere of a documentary about him

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Hackney Empire pulls out of Chinese takeaway opera over all-white cast

The London premiere of an opera set in a Chinese takeaway has been cancelled after a backlash over its all-white cast.

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Youth orchestra suspends after dispute with city

The San Diego Union-TribuneA teen-run orchestra in San Marcos seems to be calling it quits after a feud with the city over practice space

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Kansas City Symphony Reaches $55 Million Endowment

After a five-year fundraising campaign , the Kansas City Symphony announced Wednesday that it had accomplished its goal of raising $55 million for its.Kansas City Symphony

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Evansville Philharmonic announces new chorus conductor

On Wednesday, the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra announced the appointment of Dr. Kerry Glann as Conductor of their chorus.

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EU youth orchestra to quit UK for Italy over Brexit

European Union Youth Orchestra will relocate to Ferrara and Rome.

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Happy to Be an Opera Engineer -

The earliest-known bootleg recording (1888) was of an opera. The earliest-known sound movie (c. 1895) used opera music. The earliest-known off-air recording (1920) was of an opera singer.

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Korean composer Unsuk Chin receives prestigious int'l prize

South Korean composer Unsuk Chin has been awarded the 20th Wihuri Sibelius Prize, one of the world's most prestigious classical music prizes, her orchestra said Tuesday.

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Cleveland Orchestra's gala raises $1.23 million

The Cleveland Orchestra announced that its gala held on Saturday, Oct. 7, raised $1.23 million. It's the fourth year in a row the annual event has brought in more than a million dollars to support the orchestra's education and community programs

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San Antonio Symphony Orchestra Appoint New Assistant Conductor

The San Antonio Symphony has today announced the appointment of Israeli-born conductor Noam Aviel as their new Assistant Conductor.

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Is David Geffen’s Gift to Lincoln Center Enough to Inspire Half a Billion More?

Lincoln Center has scaled back the plans for renovating David Geffen Hall.

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How to improve the school results: not extra maths but music, loads of it

A Bradford primary school wants the world to know its newfound Sats success is down to giving all children up to six hours of music a week

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TwoSet Violin mix classical music with comedy -

At various times, the two players appeared thinly disguised as eminent virtuosi - a Chinese pianist called Yang Yang, a mischievous bit of satire here which those in the audience who have been affected by the cancellation of Lang Lang's Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) visit next month relished;

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Bericht: Wiener Symphoniker verschwenden Steuergeld

Zu viel Personal, zu wenig Leistung, finanzielle Verluste: Der Stadtrechnungshof spricht wörtlich von Missständen bei dem Orchester, das die Vorwürfe zurück weist.

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Statue of 'America's First Composer' could come down over racism claims

A statue of Stephen Foster, dubbed "American's First Composer," could be removed over racist claims. The national debate over whether controversial statues should be removed has now put a spotlight on Pittsburgh.

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Opera company criticised over Chinese restaurant production that features entirely white cast

A Welsh opera company has defended its decision to stage a production set in a Chinese restaurant but featuring an entirely Caucasian cast.

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Are you getting your classical music 'one-a-day'?

Her café playlist included “a lot of piano music, also some gentle chamber music. Some Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov…” In return, she was given free flat whites for several weeks.

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Injured pianist Lang Lang 'borrows' teen's left hand for Carnegie Hall concert

Pianist Lang Lang, nursing an injured arm, found an innovative solution to avoid missing Carnegie Hall's annual gala on Wednesday – a young protege literally lent a hand.

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Celebrating culture and diversity

Rebecca Fox talks to Monica Ellis about the bassoon and being an African American classical musician. Self-proclaimed ''band kids'', members of Imani Winds are proud to be celebrating 20 years together.

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Saturday's Minnesota Orchestra concert designed for audiences confronting 'racism and injustice'

Take a look around at a typical orchestral concert in the Twin Cities, and you won't see many people of color. Roderick Cox, associate conductor at the Minnesota Orchestra, wants to change that.

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Would Joshua Bell Stop To Listen To A Violinist In A Subway?

Note: Bell was the subject of a Pulitzer Prize–winning feature story by Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten in which he played his violin incognito outside a D.C. subway station for 45 minutes. He went largely unrecognized and earned only $32.17

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Four Female Conductors Take the Stage at the LA Phil

That may not seem like a lot over the course of an 8-month concert season, but it is considerably more than any other major orchestra in the United States (that has announced their 2017-18 season so far).

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Maxwell Quartet winner of 9th Trondheim Competition

The Final rounds of the 9th TICC competition was held Saturday 30 September in the Freemasons Hall in Trondheim, Norway. The Scottish Maxwell Quartet won the competiton with festival engagements and 15 000 €. As well as convincing the jury, the quartet also won the audience prize, and are invited back to next year’s festival as festival artists.

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Music teacher suspected of contaminating flutes with semen, roiling Southern California school districts

Two Southern California school districts were giving conflicting messages over the weekend as they attempted to guide parents through a scare touched off last week by a state and federal investigation of a music specialist suspected of contaminating musical instruments with semen.

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra board's dramatic u-turn on same-sex marriage

After days of turmoil and anger that threatened to tear the Sydney Symphony Orchestra apart, the orchestra's board has staged a stunning back-flip on the issue .

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Conductor David Heusel has died

Mr Heusel was due to conduct the RTE Concert Orchestra at the NCH in Dublin on Saturday night with singers Cara O’Sullivan and Noah Stewart

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Meet the Canadian composer who's created a basketball symphony for the TSO

"The TSO's principal percussionist is actually doing an amazing job at timing the basketball bounces perfectly so they happen when they're supposed to," he said.

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Andrew Marr: The ENO in crisis? The sheer quality of its operas can very quickly turn that around

If the ENO was itself an opera, it would end with the stage knee- deep in gore, the cellos sawing frantically and the tubas at their most mournful, and most of the key players lying with dagger handles in their backs

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Met Opera offers buyouts to 21 of 243 administrative workers

New York's Metropolitan Opera says three days after opening its season it has offered buyouts to 21 of its 243 full-time administrative employees. A financial report issued in June showed the Met had $294 million in operating expenses

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Watch Steven Spielberg shock Seattle Symphony crowd with guest conductor John Williams

Seattle's Benaroya Hall was already experiencing a treat Wednesday night as guest conductor John Williams led the Seattle Symphony in selections from the composer's scores for such films as Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones, Schindler's List and others.and more 

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Stolen Oboe, Ireland

My oboe has been stolen from my house in Glenageary today 27/09/2017. Can you please keep an eye out in music shops, pawn shops or sale websites. Reward offered for its recovery. Its a Marigaux 901 conservatoire system s/n 19376. It was in a black case with a black cover.

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra Slammed For Tone Deaf Stance On SSM Survey

I can really only speak for myself and my personal experience and why I feel it's important as a Classical musician myself to speak up for the LGBTQ community. I'm gay myself, so I guess I'm biased. I also work with a lot of LGBTQ musicians in the ...and more »

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Sydney Symphony's neutrality on marriage equality 'craven'

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has been accused of “craven” behaviour by its inaugural chairman, Leo Schofield, for refusing to take a stance on marriage equality.

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Violinist Pekka Kuusisto: the David Bowie of the fiddle

It was at the Royal Albert Hall last year that Pekka Kuusisto went from being the best-kept secret quirky genius in classical music to mass entertainer.

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Violin, viola and several bows stolen from Parisian flat

Violin, viola and several bows stolen from Parisian flatThe StradFrench violinist and conductor Julien Chauvin has been the victim of a burglary, losing a violin, his wife Marie Legendre's viola, plus a number of modern and period bows...

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Does opera deserve its privileged status within arts funding? -

It is a strange reality but opera as an artform is always given special and arguably preferential treatment by governments and other influential forces in Western society. This happens, it seems, regardless of whatever government is in power.

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Chinese Piano Prodigy Wows Netizens With Epic Performance on Australian Talent Show

Chen Anke flew all the way from China to make herself known to the Australian crowd, and host Shane Jacobson couldn’t help but ask the child prodigy if she likes popular musical artists such as Taylor Swift.

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Philadelphia Orchestra Donates Instruments To Aspiring Musicians

The Philadelphia Orchestra is hitting the road this week in various city neighborhoods for instrument donations and ensemble performances to spread the word about classical music to youngsters.

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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt awarded Ratzinger Prize

The prizes will be awarded to the recipients at an event in Vatican City on Nov. 18. Pope Benedict XVI served as Pope from 2005-2013.

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This 12-year-old cellist writes and plays his own compositions and they are phenomenal

This 12-year-old cellist writes and plays his own compositions and they are phenomenal. 25 September 2017, 14:28. 12-year-old ...

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Alto saxophonist shares his astonishing trick for playing 128 notes in an octave

In Western tonal music, we generally say a full major or minor scale is made up of eight notes (although there can be up to 24 in middle eastern music which uses the Arab tone system).

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In Chicago, gay Russian violinist finds freedom, family

He came to the city two years ago, after attending college in Canada, to work with the renowned violinist Almita Vamos, who calls him "a very natural player, with a natural, beautiful sound."

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Five questions with Philip Hill

Philip Hill is the new principal bassoon of the Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale and bassoonist of West Texas Winds.

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Melbourne Unlikely to Get Its Own Opera Company

Audiences in Melbourne are currently served by two seasons of performances put on by the Sydney-based Opera Australia at the State Theatre. Opera Australia was created in 1996 by the merger of Victoria State Opera, which was on the verge of financial collapse, with the Australian Opera.

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Relationship goals: 94-year-old pianist with dementia plays his wife’s favourite piece on their 75th anniversary

94-year-old Edward is a jazz pianist who was in a jazz band for over 30 years – and he was recently reunited with his band, whom he had not seen or played with for 25 years

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A pianist is composing classical music from irregular heartbeats, to help diagnose patients

A musical scientist believes that composing music which accurately reproduces irregular heartbeats could help doctors develop a more advanced understanding of arrhythmia

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Post of principal conductor might be axed

The post of principal conductor of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra might remain vacant following the controversial sacking of Mro Brian Schembri, with one of the options being considered is having various conductors taking charge during the year.

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Exclusive: Cressida Pollock to leave English National Opera

The chief executive of English National Opera, Cressida Pollock, is to leave her job three years after she was appointed to rescue the company from financial disaster.

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Picking apart the orchestra lockout

When he's not busy conducting orchestras, Leonard Slatkin writes books. His second, with the terrible title “Leading Tones,” has just been published by Amadeus Press.

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Man desperately wants stolen saxophone back

The sax is also gold in colour and looks unusual as it is the smallest make of the saxophone family. Its brand name is 'Chateu'. The saxophone has been reported stolen at the Krugersdorp Police Station.

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Thief steals flute from CFA, remains at large

A man steals a flute — worth at least $12,800 — from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University on Aug. 29 and has not yet been caught.

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Becoming a better and happier musician through mindfulness and yoga -

Classical musicians have been taught from an early age that making music is an emotional undertaking, and as we progress through our studies, an intellectual and scholarly pursuit;

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Lightning quick instrument change after reed fails

London Symphony Orchestra Principal Oboe Olivier Stankiewicz during The Damnation of Faust last Sunday

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Clarinetist Anthony McGill and flutist Demarre McGill in conversation

Brothers Anthony and Demarre McGill both have successful careers as orchestral musicians.

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BBC tests whether sopranos really can shatter glass in Opera season

The BBC will test whether a trained tenor really can shatter glass during a major Autumn season devoted to opera.

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Protesting Venezuelan violinist may seek asylum in US

A violinist who became the young face of anti-government protests in Venezuela may soon seek political asylum in the United States.

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13 things you’ll know if you grew up with a musician

Remember that time your parents didn’t turn up to your hockey match so they could watch your sister’s billionth flute recital? Yeah – us too. These are the worst things about growing up with a musician in the house…

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uMhlanga musician distraught over flute theft

A CLASSICAL musician has told of her devastation after her prized flute was stolen from the boot of her car at a service station in Westville. Rozanne Paragon, a principal flautist with the Durban City Orchestra

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Tributes flow to tenor Zurab Sotkilava, who dies aged 80 - Agenda.ge

Agenda.geTributes flow to tenor Zurab Sotkilava, who dies aged 80Agenda.geThe Georgian tenor's career continued at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre from 1964, with performing career accompanied by teaching work at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory from 1975. Over his operatic career Sotkilava performed principal roles in ...and more »

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Ida Haendel, wondervioliste van onbestemde leeftijd

Als student medicijnen legde Jelle Pieter de Boer uit Groningen contact met de violiste die hij zo bewonderde: Ida Haendel. Sinds hun eerste ontmoeting fotografeert hij haar.

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Phoenix Symphony principal clarinet Alex Laing earns honor

Principal Clarinet of The Phoenix Symphony Alex Laing has been announced as one of the 2018 recipients of the Sphinx Medals of Excellence by the Sphinx Organization, the national social justice and arts nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.

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The Doppler effect explained using only skis and a trombone

So long as skiing and a trombone is involved, there is no such thing as a dull science lesson.

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Chart-topping composer Max Richter has the BEST piece of advice for young composers

Max Richter composes and records his own music, writes for stage, opera, ballet and both the big and small screen, produces and collaborates with other amazing artists in the classical world, as well as collaborating with performance, installation and media artists.

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Ioan Holender: "Gern gebe ich für nichts Geld aus" (paywall)

Ioan Holenders Sparsamkeit ist legendär. Heute habe die Staatsoper zu viel Geld, findet ihr ehemaliger Direktor. Mit dem designierten Opernchef, Bogdan Roščić, führt er ausgiebige Gespräche, als sein Berater sieht er sich dennoch nicht.

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Le financement des festivals d’opéra en Europe : d’importantes disparités

Cet article présente des statistiques sur le budget, la fréquentation et le mode de financement de huit des plus « grands » festivals d’opéra en Europe. Il ne prétend pas décrire l’ensemble du système de financement des festivals, mais vise à donner quelques indicateurs de cadrage.

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Pulling out of last concert led to conductor sacking

Brian Schembri's decision to pull out of last June's season-closing concert was the straw that broke the camel's back, forcing the National Philharmonic Orchestra to sack its conductor, this newspaper has learnt.

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Classical music impresario Harry Christophers has advice for aspiring young musicians

It started in 2000 as a millennium initiative “and everyone said we were mad; we'd be bankrupt.”

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Steven Reineke is Houston Symphony's stylish new conductor

When I'm at the tailors, I conduct. I wave my arms and make sure it doesn't pull or tug in places where it shouldn't.

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Yo-Yo Ma does the impossible at the Hollywood Bowl

He was a very small figure seated on a wide expanse, a large stage empty but for a cellist on a chair. The Hollywood Bowl shell was lighted midnight blue. The amphitheater was probably kept as dark as the fire marshal would allow.

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Opera needs to tackle its biases. The future of the industry depends on it

Unveiling her final program for Opera Queensland, Lindy Hume reflects on the transformative power of the art form – and the problems that plague it

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Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa announces retirement at 73

The world-famous opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who sang at the wedding of the Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, has called time on her long career.

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Robot 'conductor' steals show from Italy's top tenor Bocelli but can't improvise

The concert in the heart of Pisa is a world first, with two mechanical “arms” conducting live music at the grand finale of the first International Festival of Robotics.

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What tunes make your brain happy? An opera diva and a neuroscientist want to know

Earlier this year, Fleming participated in a study at the National Institutes of Health. For two hours, the soprano alternated between speaking lyrics, singing lyrics and imagining that she was singing. After the study, the scan revealed that compared to speaking, more areas of the brain were active when Fleming was either singing or imagining that she was singing.

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Do I follow the soloist or the conductor?

Ray Chen's cautionary tale....

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Sir Peter Hall: Theatre giant dies aged 86

Founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and former National Theatre director Sir Peter Hall has died at the age of 86.

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CBSO receives An £800,000 Legacy

The legacy was left by a frequent CBSO concert-goer and supporting member who lived in Lichfield. It will support the CBSO’s activity in the UK over an eight-year period, meaning that as the CBSO passes its centenary in 2020 he will have helped to ensure the CBSO continues to thrive for music lovers of the future.

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CBSO Appoints Sub-Principal No. 6 Cello

The CBSO is delighted to announce that Miguel Fernandes has been appointed to the role of Sub-Principal No. 6 Cello. He will join the orchestra from October 2017.

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PhD candidate CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS to complete a 10 minute survey

I am a graduate from the Royal College of Music and am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Central Lancashire. I am researching recent music graduates’ perceived readiness for the profession. For this project I have developed a short ANONYMOUS online survey to collect responses from adult musicians who graduated from conservatoire 5 years ago, or less. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. It has been approved by the UClan Research Ethics Committee , BAHSS

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Ukraine experiencing a cultural rebirth, says conductor Oksana Lyniv

At just 39, Oksana Lyniv can already look back at impressive achievements as a conductor. From 2008 to 2013, she was associate chief conductor of the Odessa National Opera

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Why 30,000 People Came Out to See a Swedish Singer Arrive in New York

Lind, a Swedish opera singer, made her American debut in New York on this day in 1850. She'd already received a more-than-warm welcome, as thousands of fans besotted by the 30-year-old singer's reputation rushed to greet her at the docks. Why?

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Renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Welcomes New Music Director

The highly regarded period-instrument ensemble Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has a new music director. Elisa Citterio has stepped into the position formerly held by Jeanne Lamon since 1981.

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Simon Rattle exhibition turns the master conductor into a handful of dots - Alphr

AlphrSimon Rattle exhibition turns the master conductor into a handful of dotsAlphrSir Simon Rattle – one of the world's best-known composers – is to be transformed into a screen of floating dots, as part of a pair of artworks celebrating the composer (and one-time Mr Bean co-star) while he begins his inaugural season as music ...

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British conductor sacked by US music festival after 'innocent' joke with his African-American friend was labelled racist

It is understood a white woman who overheard the joke reported it to officials at the University of Oregon, which runs the festival, claiming it amounted to a racial slur.

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These are the biggest pop songs to sample classical music in the last 25 years

Our very own John Suchet said: "This list of hits from the past 25 years is so fantastic because it confirms just how relevant classical music is to our lives. We are on a mission to make classical music accessible to everyone

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Daniel Hope: How 'luck of the Irish' saved family caught up in apartheid

The journey to Ireland will be an emotional one when he stars at the BBC Proms in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

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I Joined An Orchestra At Age 70 And It Boosted My Confidence

Thomas Jefferson once told his daughter, “Do not neglect your music; it will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.”

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At The Dallas Opera, The Future of Opera Leadership is Female -

In master classes, the conductors work with a live orchestra while being coached by Marin Alsop, the music director of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,

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It's a deal: Dallas Symphony Orchestra musicians agree to new three-year contract

The Dallas Symphony Association and its musicians have ratified a new three-year contract, backdated to Sept. 1. The deal, announced Thursday in a news release, calls for no wage increases in the first year of the contract

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Europe's First Black & Minority Ethnic Orchestra Disrupting The White-Dominated Classical Music Scene

If you are familiar with the classical music world, you know will know that many of the major orchestras and composers are predominantly white. It is an industry where minorities are exactly that, but one particular group of musicians is disrupting this arena to give visibility to underrepresented people.

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Afendi Yusuf primed to get down to work as new principal clarinet of Cleveland Orchestra

In appointing Yusuf to one of its most prominent posts, the group made what he calls an inspired choice.

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Bach Festival firing raises troubling questions

Matthew Halls has been fired, leaving the Oregon Bach Festival without an artistic director. That's about all we know for sure at this point, and that's too bad for everyone involved

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LA Chamber Orchestra Receives Historic $1.5 Million Gift For Principal Oboe Chair

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), currently celebrating its 50th anniversary season, received a $1.5 million gift, the largest in the Orchestra's history, from philanthropists Carol and Warner Henry

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Defunct Salem Symphony scrambles to pay promised scholarships, seeks donors

After dissolving at the end of August for financial reasons, the Salem Symphony is struggling to pay scholarships promised to winners of a competition the symphony held earlier this summer.

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Loren Kitt, who spent 46 years as principal clarinetist for the NSO, dies at 76

Loren Kitt, who served for more than 40 years as one of the National Symphony Orchestra's de facto leaders in his role as principal clarinetist and became a quiet cornerstone of Washington's classical music scene, died Sept. 4

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Tributes paid to Scottish composer John Maxwell-Geddes

Tributes paid to Scottish composer John Maxwell-Geddes - BBC NewsBBC NewsJohn Maxwell Geddes, known for his collaboration with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, dies after a short illness.

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On Monday 25 September 2017, the Philharmonia Orchestra will release its second exclusive piece of Virtual Reality content, Beethoven’s Fifth.

Shot by Google’s VR team, the new film was conceived in partnership with Google and NASA to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, and the Golden Records that they each carried.

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The death has been announced of composer Derek Bourgeois. He was aged 75.

For many years he was a lecturer in music at Bristol University, and was Director of the National Youth Orchestra from 1984 to 1993. In 1994 he was appointed Director of Music at St Paul's Girls School, London, a position previously held by a number of noted composers, including Gustav Holst and his former mentor Howells.

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When Haydn gets killed by a mobile phone, you stop the whole concert

“This is the rare moment when our minds can focus on one thing, and the least you can do is honour it by listening, and being there in silence.”

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ARD Music Competition 2017

Participants and Results

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Syrian refugee presents violin he made to Michael D Higgins

Irish TimesA Syrian refugee who made a violin from scratch after arriving in Ireland last March has presented the instrument to President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin. Almuthna Loulah, who lives in a refugee reception centre in Ballaghaderreen,Co Roscommon

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Holst's "Jupiter" by Melodica Men

This video brings you jollity,

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Experience counts in orchestras – but where are the opportunities?

Esker Festival Orchestra and SinfoNua will be among victims of musical decline at RTÉ

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Fancy a cheap night at the Royal Opera House? Take your seat on the floor

The Royal Opera House is to offer stalls tickets for its most popular productions for as little as £10, rather than the usual £230. 

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Franco Zeffirelli: Eine Heimat für ein Lebenswerk

In Florenz haben Memorabilien von Franco Zeffirelli, dem vielseitigen Meister-Regisseur, ein eindrucksvolles neues Zuhause bekommen.

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An *oboist* inhaled helium and played a virtuosic Mozart concerto

Yesterday clarinettist Emil Jonason introduced something very, er, interesting: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto played after the performer inhaled helium. Here it is:

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Renowned violinist thanks childhood teacher for her dedication to music

Stephanie Jeong has come a long way since she first took up the violin with teacher Betty Haag. “It was always a part of my daily life. Even if it was just for 15 minutes every single day, she made sure it was daily,” said 30-year-old Jeong

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ARD Competition announces violin finalists

The finalists in the violin section have now been announced, following a first, second and semi-final round. They are: Kristine Balanas (Latvia), Sarah Christian (Germany), and Andrea Obiso (Italy).

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Bradetich double bass competition heads into finals

The Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition at the North Texas College of Music, in Denton, Texas, has named it's four finalists: Simon Marciniak, Marek Romanowski, Dominik Wagner and Mikyung Sung.

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Itzhak Perlman gives us his five ultimate pro-tips for practising

Itzhak Perlman is one of today’s greatest violinists – so who better to ask for advice on how to get the most out of your practice and tackling nerves? We spoke to the brilliant musician in London’s Savoy Hotel, ahead of the UK leg of his European tour.

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Should female musicians be allowed to dress how they want?

Here’s exactly what French journalist Aliette de Laleu has to say about the matter.

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The Simpsons producers say 'fired' composer Alf Clausen still has a role on the show

Show bosses said in a statement that they were "committed to the finest in music for The Simpsons, absolutely including orchestral."

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The trainer who sings opera to racehorses

Every afternoon the horses are treated to plenty of Mozart, and Heather believes it is the key to her racing success.

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Into the classical music bear-pit: Alan Johnson goes to the Proms

Growing up in North Kensington Alan Johnson used to play around the Albert Hall but never went inside. 60 years later we sent the former home secretary along to experience the Proms for the first time. What did he make of it?

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I'm making Mum proud with this violin... and a little poorer, too

Parents are going into the red to give their children a leg up

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CSO makes major debuts in United Kingdom to rave reviews

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was the first American orchestra to be broadcast to a national audience in 1921. Last week, the orchestra had another broadcasting first.

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'Singing underwater is really something else': how to make a submerged symphony – video

How do you sing underwater, let alone play a string instrument? Danish avant-garde ensemble Between Music bring their ethereal underwater concert Aquasonic to Australia for the 2018 Sydney festival.

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Nancy Welch Knowles, who gave Lyric Opera $10 million, dead at 86

Nancy Welch Knowles, who gave $10 million to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the largest individual gift in its 63-year history, has died at 86

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2nd Round Candidates Announced at Germany's ARD International Violin Competition

For the 2nd round stage, each candidate will present a full Classical and a Romantic/20th Century Violin Sonata with piano – plus a selected modern work.

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Venezuela uses youth orchestra musicians as political pawns

I was eagerly anticipating the Sept. 9 performance of the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela at Wolf Trap. However, because of an irrational, reprehensible decision by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, we will be deprived

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Philharmonia picks principal oboe, 22

Gordon Hunt, the veteran principal oboe and one of the Philharmonia’s defining lights, will share his seat from now on with Tom Blomfield, fresh out of the Royal Academy of Music.

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The man who went skydiving in the nude with a violin

Why a 15000ft plunge in nothing but a harness was a particular triumph for one musician.

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Amarillo Symphony hosts blind auditions

“The audition process is already stressful, and I don't want to stress anybody out further,” said John Whitaker, director of operations at the Amarillo Symphony. “It has to be 100 percent anonymous …

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Seattle Symphony Announce Appointment of New Section Violinist

The Seattle Symphony has today announced the appointment of American violinist Andy Liang to the Second Violin section. A graduate of Rice University Shepherd School of Music, where he studied with Cho-Liang-Lin

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Montgomery symphony names new leader - Montgomery Advertiser

Blake Thomas moves from ADECA to take over symphony role.The Montgomery Symphony Names New Executive Director ...

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Trumpet Teaching App Creator Wins Six Year Legal Battle with Donald Trump

The San Francisco-based musician Tom Scharfield created the $2.99 trumpet teaching iPhone app in 2011, before being later contacted by Donald Trump’s lawyers demanding it’s name be changed.

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Canadian orchestra shuts after 'fat-shaming' singers

The Sheraton Cadwell Orchestras in Toronto sent an email asking singers who weren't 'fit and slim' to wear loose clothing. An orchestra said it would only feature thin singers, and that's not okay

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Teenager charged over Scottish conductor's death in Argentina ...

Nineteen year old charged with homicide after violinist Finlay Ferguson found dead in his apartment in city of Córdoba.Conductor Finlay Ferguson killed with blow to head in Argentina

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Brain Mapping Guides Surgeons In Removal Of Musician's Tumor ...

The surgeons tasked with removing a tumor from Dan Fabbio's brain had worked hard not to disrupt his ability to perform music.

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Hannah Kendall: ‘I’m a millennial composer! I have to make money to survive’

Your music is being played by Chineke! – an orchestra that is majority black and minority ethnic (it now has some white players too). How important is that to you?

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Watch as brain damaged violinist performs with friend - using just her thoughts

A brain damaged violinist has performed in concert with her best friend 29 years after they last played together after her mind was wired up to a computer to allow her to play notes using only her thoughts.

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Gustavo Dudamel's tour with Venezuelan youth symphony canceled by President Maduro

Dudamel has been creative director of Venezuela's Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra since 1999. Over the weekend, as the Venezuelan congress on Saturday rejected what it called a government takeover,

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Young BBC Proms star devastated by theft of prized saxophone

A young BBC Proms star today appealed for the return of her prized saxophone after it was snatched on the street, saying: “It's like a friend to me.”

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The World's First 3D-Printed Opera Set Is Coming to Rome

In October, the Opera Theater in Rome will become the first theater to play host to a 3D-printed set in one of its operas.

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Fidelio to be performed with an orchestra of migrants and refugees from conflict-stricken countries

The musicians come from Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Ukraine and other places devoid of peace. They met in safe Europe to perform together. This concert will deliver a universal story with a contemporary message. The plot of Florestan’s imprisonment and the efforts of his wife Leonora to free her husband are interwoven with other stories: a story of a Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra musician, who narrates, via video footage, his...

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Venezuelan President Maduro is at war with the country's beloved classical music maestro.

Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s musical director, was distraught after 17-year-old violinist Armando Cañizales was shot dead during a protest against Maduro in Miami.

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No hard feelings: Philadelphia Orchestra musicians give $74K to help employer reach fund goal

“I don’t remember another occasion in my nearly 40 years with the orchestra when the musicians have made such a significant financial contribution to the POA,” said orchestra cellist Gloria dePasquale. “We believe that this demonstrates our true partnership with the board, administration, and generous patrons in securing our great orchestra financially so that it can continue to grow and thrive.”

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Evanston violinist, 93, among those who quit presidential arts committee - Chicago Tribune

Among the 16 committee members who signed the resignation letter saying they could "not sit idly by" was accomplished violinist Howard Gottlieb, 93 — a longstanding and major supporter of the arts in Chicago. Gottlieb, of Evanston, signed the letter condemning Trump and telling him that "ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions." It calls on Trump to resign if he cannot see that "Supremacy, discrimination and vitriol are not American values" and that

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BBC demands to vet conductor’s Last Night speech

Sakari Oramo has told the Times that BBC officials have demanded to see advance text of his speech at the Last Night of the Proms.

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How to Save Classical Music, According to Stephen Hough

They include—as that aforementioned comment suggests—convincing musicians to conceive of concerts as theatrical experiences; getting rid of intermissions, among other musty traditions; and, perhaps most intriguingly, marketing classical music

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Charles Dutoit: 'Today's young musicians have no culture'

Dutoit feels this slow apprenticeship has stood him in good stead. “Nowadays young musicians have everything under their fingertips, they can learn a new piece just by listening to it on YouTube.

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I took my toddler to a classical music concert

I know, I know, I'm like the Dr. Evil of moms, holding my pinky finger to the edge of my mouth, cackling maniacally as I announce my plans to take my toddler to classical music performances. .

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Pa. orchestra cancels season over money woes; no pay for staff

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic said Friday it's canceling the upcoming season because of financial problems. The 45-year-old orchestra will play one concert in October and then shut down while it figures out its next moves.

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If You're Going to Skydive, Why Not Bring Your Tuba Along for the Ride?

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Cleveland Orchestra announces appointment of Afendi Yusuf as new principal clarinet - cleveland.com (blog)

Yusuf, a native of Ethiopia, begins his tenure with the orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Most in late September, at the start of the group's 2017-18 centennial season.

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