Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra names early-music specialist as artistic partner - Minnesota Public Radio News

Minnesota Public Radio NewsSaint Paul Chamber Orchestra names early-music specialist as artistic partnerMinnesota Public Radio NewsThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has named Richard Egarr as its newest artistic partner. The SPCO is primarily an unconducted ensemble, but collaborates with a group of artistic partners who visit for short periods to lead concerts. An early-music ...and more »

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Comment les chanteuses lyriques vivent-elles leurs règles ?

Les menstruations concernent la moitié de l’humanité. Si chaque femme vit son cycle différemment, les chanteuses lyriques sont toutes d’accord sur un point : les règles ont un impact sur leur voix et leur chant.

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Daniel Barenboim’s advice for Australia

"I was here 60 years ago in 1958 and nobody spoke about this," the maestro told the audience following the conclusion of his Brahms cycle.

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Tony Stoller CBE appointed chair of Orchestras Live

Dr Tony Stoller CBE has been appointed as chair of Orchestras Live, the partnership organisation that aims to ensure communities across the country have access to world-class orchestral experiences.

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The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Performed A Concert With Lost Property Found On Trains

We've all experienced the heart stopping moment you realize you've left your phone/bag/wallet on the bus.

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This conductor wants you to reject an 'elitist' view of the symphony

Gustavo Dudamel is one of the world's most celebrated classical musicians, as well as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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The unsung life of the composer Fanny Mendelssohn

BBC 100 Women is celebrating talented women from history whose work has been overshadowed by their male relatives.

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Gaza Strip's only concert grand piano makes music again

There is only one concert grand piano in Gaza and it has been played in a rare public performance after being restored.

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Royal Academy of Music teacher wrongfully sacked for referring to violinists as 'gypos', tribunal rules

Professor Francesca Carpos-Young, an internationally renowned bassoonist, was dismissed from her post last year after she circulated a note to 800 students on how to earn a “good reputation”.

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Levine Andrade has died

The violist will be remembered as a founder member of the Arditti Quartet, with whom he played for 16 years

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Boléro de Ravel : l'incroyable bataille autour de ses droits

EXCLUSIF - Alors que l'on fête ses 90 ans, le chef-d'œuvre de Ravel, tombé dans le domaine public le 1er mai 2016, fait l'objet d'un nouveau rebondissement judiciaire.

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Minnesota Orchestra Announces Associate Concertmaster and Principal Timpani Appointments

Felicity James appointed to associate concertmaster position Erich Rieppel appointed to principal timpani position

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Kiwi soprano helping to lead social change in opera

New Zealand soprano Madeleine Pierard is part of an organisation helping to change the opera scene for women and parents.

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Former treasurer gets probation for stealing from symphony

A Nebraska woman has been sentenced to five years of probation for stealing more than $18,000 from the Nebraska Wind Symphony.

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'Too dangerous' – security confiscates cellist's strings at Warsaw airport

Cellist Amit Peled was at Warsaw Chopin airport at 4.30am yesterday, when all his cello strings were confiscated by the airport’s security.

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The remote UK community living off-grid

Among the inhabitants are crofters with cattle and sheep, a violin maker, a Russian translator, volunteers and a part-time postal worker.

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Musician accuses airline of damaging his sitar

For Indian classical musician Shubhendra Rao, sitar was his prized possession which he used to “take care like a child”.

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Hard-working mum wins opera contest

Opera singer Đào Tố Loan, who started her career from zero, now teaches at the Việt Nam Academy of Music (VNAM).

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UK student is sole winner at Metropolitan Opera district auditions

A total of 28 singers competed Saturday. Judges usually send three or four winners on to the next round.

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How about a little live classical music with your downward dog?

Now you can sit back into a chair pose instead of an actual chair while listening to live classical music at Orchestra Hall.

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From first principals to second fiddles: life in an Irish orchestra

Playing in the RTÉCO is no easy task, not least as rumours swirl about its future

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Grand Rapids Symphony names Meijer executive as next CEO

The chairperson of the search committee tasked with finding the Grand Rapids Symphony's next president and CEO didn't have to look far.

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Can the arts create better people? This Philadelphia Orchestra musician thinks so.

Project 440 was born in Conyers' hometown of Savannah, Ga., in 2007,

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It's Starting to Look a Lot Like Choreography on Opera Stages

But when singers prove skilled in movement, the physical side of opera becomes related to choreography:

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Blanche Burton-Lyles, 85, concert pianist who founded Marian Anderson Historical Society

Blanche Burton-Lyles, 85, of Philadelphia, a world-class concert pianist whose career was nurtured by the singer Marian Anderson and who later devoted herself to preserving Anderson's memory,

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Hannah Rankin ready to face Olympic champion Claressa Shields in Kansas

"When you go out to play the bassoon, no-one is going to be punching you in the face."

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Cellist works to increase diversity in American orchestras

For Venezuelan-American Erica Snowden-Rodriguez, the Sphinx Organization made all the difference in the cellist's pursuit of a career as a classical musician.

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Mattereum Tokenizes $9M Stradivarius Violin

To better exemplify the whole process, the company decided to digitize a $9 million Stradivarius violin, which will be the first on-chain asset on Mattereum's Smart Property Register.

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San Antonio Symphony names new executive director

Cowart, a Houston native with a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Houston and a master's in music from Yale University, began his career in arts administration with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Names Ken-David Masur as Music Director

Following a 36-month international search, Ken-David Masur has been named the seventh Music Director and Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO).

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Ben Glassberg appointed principal conductor of Glyndebourne Tour.

He will conduct one production on each Glyndebourne Tour for the next three years.

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Classical musicians to break with tradition and speak to the audience

But it's a different story in the world of classical music, where musicians traditionally say nothing and a reverend hush descends on the auditorium when the conductor taps his baton.

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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra suspends concertmaster Jonathan Carney after peace order filed against him

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has suspended concertmaster Jonathan Carney after allegations surfaced of Carney's “inappropriate behavior” toward another orchestra's employee,

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Late school teacher leaves $4.7M to Philadelphia Orchestra

Retired Abington-area music teacher Jane Kesson died at age 90 last year and friends said they expected her to leave something in her will to the orchestra — but not a multimillion-dollar donation.

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Judge grants peace order against Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan Carney

A district court judge has granted a temporary peace order against Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan Carney, according to court records.

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Parents write in support of Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

This letter was cosigned by more than 70 other parents of Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra members.

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Violinist Isaac Stern's penthouse hits market for first time

A sprawling duplex penthouse, whose footprint includes the former home of late violinist Isaac Stern is about to hit the market for $15.9 million.

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Violinist Pekka Kuusisto performs in a forest that's been destroyed for Greenpeace's latest campaign - Classic FM

Classic FMViolinist Pekka Kuusisto performs in a forest that's been destroyed for Greenpeace's latest campaignClassic FMThe Finnish violinist performs a heart-breaking piece by Thomas Tallis in an area of land that was very recently part of the Great Northern Forest to highlight Greenpeace's latest campaign. The Great Northern Forest stretches from Alaska and Canada to ...

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Renowned musician Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin dies aged 67

He was Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Limerick, as well as founder and director at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.

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Line Riders - Beethoven's 5th

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For the very first time in Kenya, the Nairobi Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jonathan T Rush will join the dancers of Dance Centre Kenya for a performance of the Nutcracker ballet.

They will be accompanied by a children's choir from Ghetto Classics a community program based in Korogocho, one of Kenya’s biggest slums.

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The garden shed composer who changed music forever

The garden shed composer who changed music forever.

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Matt Hancock: GPs should prescribe concerts and mixtapes

Doctors should prescribe song playlists as well as medication, the health secretary has said. Patients with mental health conditions could be given dancing and music classes, under new "social prescribing" plans.

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Music education 'thrown to the wolves' in the UK

Musician John Thirkell has called on the government to support music lessons for children.

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Troubles amount to a ‘cancer’ at Boston Philharmonic

The students said they could no longer keep quiet. Days after one of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s top artistic advisers was arrested on child pornography charges, a dozen young musicians filed into a conference room at the Philharmonic’s headquarters and sought answers about the future of the organization.

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Owens Corning pledges $250000 in celebration of Toledo Symphony and Toledo Ballet merger

Toledo Symphony announced Monday Owens Corning has committed to make a gift of $250,000 to support the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA).

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Another violinist kicked off US flight

Emmanuel A. Borowsky had just boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Manchester-Boston regional airport to Baltimore early this morning, when he was asked to check in his violin and bows, worth $80,000, due to a lack of space in the overhead lockers.

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The opera-singing donkey who 'found her voice'

A donkey that was never able to "hee-haw" has become world famous for her operatic singing. Her impressive voice has been compared to parts of the opera Madame Butterfly and has now been viewed over 700,000 times.

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3D-printed instruments showcased at Ottawa Symphony Orchestra performance

“The main differences are the kind of sound that it produces. It's a kind of more mellow tone,” said Mary-Elizabeth Brown, one of the violin players.

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Hans Zimmer: I have a problem with the elitism of the orchestral world (paywall)

The composer who wrote the soundtracks to Rain Man, Gladiator, Dunkirk and now Widows, on ‘horrible’ Hollywood and music snobbery

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Principal oboe James Mason retiring after four decades with the KWSO

When a musician announces retirement it usually means he's just leaving one musical thing to pursue another musical thing.

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Baltimore Symphony musicians agree to four-month deal, but the next contract could force major cuts

After losing $16 million over 10 years, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is considering paring back its schedule

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Russia Locked Him Up. But He's Directing an Opera 1400 Miles Away

Evgeny Kulagin, Markus Wyler and the soprano Ruzan Mantashyan watch Kirill Serebrennikov on an iPad in a rehearsal room at the Zurich Opera.

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Man plans orchestra flashmob for perfect marriage proposal

When it comes to choosing the place to propose, London's busiest train station probably wouldn't top many people's list.

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2018 British Composer Awards nominees revealed

New works by 37 of Britain's contemporary composers have been nominated for the 2018 British Composer Awards.

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Blown away: will we miss the sweet sound of school recorders? -

“The evidence we have here is that instruments such as the french horn and double bass are becoming endangered,” he said. Williams believes the changes reflect the increasing pressure schools are under to provide music education,

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra receives $2.5 million grant from Knight Foundation

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra announced that it has received that it will be the recipient of a $2.5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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