French Music Director relishes a challenge

Sun Symphony Orchestra's Music Director and principal conductor Olivier Ochanine

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Washington Ballet names new top executive

The Washington Ballet has named Michael Pastreich, president and chief executive of the Florida Orchestra, as its new executive director

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MISO announces the winner for assistant conductor application

The Miami Symphony Orchestra and Eduardo Marturet, music director and conductor, have announced the appointment of Luis David Aguilar

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Million dollar J.B. Guadagnini violin donated to Frost School of Music

It became official on Friday, Apr. 12, at UM's Gusman Hall, when Frost School of Music Professor Maestro Charles Castleman

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Music industry takes aim at Fortnite over song royalties

Songwriters and composers look to use new copyright laws to cash in on the boom in online gaming.

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Commentary: Putting the pieces back together after the longest strike in CSO history

The longest strike in Chicago Symphony Orchestra history – which ended Saturday evening – showed the world seven weeks of picket lines

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New concertmaster for Israel Philharmonic

27-year-old Dumitru Pocitari will alternate in this role with David Radzynski.

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Germany's National Youth Orchestra at 50

This orchestra has given a platform to talented young musicians for half a century now, and under conductors like Karajan, Petrenko and Rattle, most of them ...

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Mark Forrest - the Scala Radio DJ broadcasts from his Dales farm - Yorkshire Life

Mark Forrest - the Scala Radio DJ broadcasts from his Dales farm  Yorkshire LifeLike most farmers, Mark Forrest has a variety of chores to complete first thing in the morning. He has to tend to and feed his goats, chickens and little flock of ...

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Lo que dijo Dinic no lo tomo como chantaje ni como amenaza:

Lucina Jiménez

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Midlands Classical Music Making - Mahler Nine disruption

Christopher Morley's essential guide - with contributions from his team of specialist reviewers

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'Not the same': RSL slammed for 'changing tradition' after last post played on violin

An Anzac Day *service* in Queensland has come under fire after The Last Post was performed on a violin instead of a bugle.

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Charity 'Sunshine' Tillemann-Dick: Opera singer with transplanted lungs dies

Charity "Sunshine" Tillemann-Dick, a venerated American opera singer who survived two double lung transplants, has died at age 35.

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Striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra Musicians And Management Accept Mayor’s Offer To Assist In Contract Talks

Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians and management have accepted Mayor Rahm Emanuel's offer to help them try to negotiate a deal ...

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Controversial £45m Edinburgh concert hall given the go-ahead

With a 1000-seat auditorium, a 200-seat studio, recording facilities and conference spaces, the centre – the first new such hall in Edinburgh in 100 years – will become the home of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and host Edinburgh Festival performances.

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English Touring Opera restructures leadership team

James Conway is to become artistic director and Jane-Eve Straughton will take the new role of executive director.

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Lorenzo Viotti is the New Chief Conductor Of The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra And Dutch National Opera

The 29-year-old conductor with Swiss and French dual nationality will take over in the 2021-2022 season.

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‘I’ve been crying all day...happy tears’: Young cellist with tormented past is in disbelief at $133,000 in donations

I still don't want to believe it happened because it's too much money for me to even think about,” said Eddie Adams, who is a self-taught musician.

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Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker

Congratulations to Lara Kusztrich on winning today's audition for a first violin vacancy at the Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Vienna Philharmonic..

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Belfast soprano Heather Harper who became a global star without adopting airs of a diva dies at 88

Heather Harper, who has died aged 88, was one of the greatest sopranos of her generation who never forgot her Belfast roots.

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35 rare saxophones stolen from Italian collector

Thieves have stolen 35 rare saxophones from a well-known Italian collection but missed the crown jewel: one which belonged to jazz great Sonny Rollins.

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Nashville Symphony Announces Promotion of New Principal Cellist

The Nashville Symphony has announced the appointment of American cellist Kevin Bate as its new Principal Cello.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians continue strike as negotiations hit impasse

Concerts have been cancelled through the end of April.

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Beyoncé's 'Homecoming:' Why the opera world should take notes

On April 9, 1939 the African-American opera singer Marian Anderson made history when she performed outdoors on the National Mall in Washington.

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Why do the godless yearn for religious music? (pay wall)

Today is the high-water mark of the great tide of religious music that sweeps over the country at this time of year.

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BBC Proms 2019 highlights accessibility with injection of young, diverse musical talent

Marking 150 years since the birth of its founder Sir Henry Wood, BBC Proms has launched its 2019 season that presents one of its most diverse programs

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Arts contribute more to UK economy than agriculture

Arts and culture has overtaken agriculture in terms of its contribution to the UK economy, according to research from Arts Council England

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The BBC Proms are going to outer space: 2019's season highlights

The BBC Proms will blast into hyperspace this summer, with a series of interstellar concerts marking the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings.

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Royal Opera House loses appeal over viola player's hearing

The Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that the ROH failed to take reasonable steps to protect Christopher Goldscheider during the 2012 rehearsal.

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Greenfield Prize awarded to composer Helga Davis

The Greenfield Prize Award Dinner was held April 14 at Michael's On East.

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'White male titans' of classical music are putting young people off the art form, Royal Albert Hall director claims

Young people are also suffering from a lack of access to the genre because of the poor levels of music education in the UK, says Lucy Noble, artistic and commercial director at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Dame Esther Rantzen accuses opera houses of 'disregarding' over 65s by aiming discounts at young people

In recent months a number of major theatres, including the Royal Opera House, the Barbican, English National Opera and the National Theatre have introduced initiatives to encourage younger audiences with reduced, or even free tickets.

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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays a concert at a US-Mexico border crossing to make a point

Yo-Yo Ma Jabs Donald Trump As He Plays Cello On Both Sides Of U.S.-Mexico Border  

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Lynnette Seah, Co-Concertmaster of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Born in 1957, cultural medallion winner and internationally acclaimed violinist Lynnette Seah has been with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra since its inception in 1978.

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Concerts for Lincoln crash musicians Alex Ross and Sian Chambers

Concerts have been held in memory of teenagers killed by a drunk driver who had been at a Christmas party.

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Why this Chicago Symphony Orchestra strike is different

The musicians have gone on strike six previous times in 38 years, but not for this long, and not quite this vociferously. Four factors seem to be adding to the contention quotient.

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Conductor Tadaaki Otaka To Take 2 Months Leave For Cancer Treatment

The Osaka Philharmonic has announced Music Director Tadaaki Otaka will take leave - to receive radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

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HarrisonParrott To Launch Charitable Foundation To Champion Diversity & Inclusion In The Arts

The world's leading classical music management company, HarrisonParrott, today announced their latest industry-changing initiative ...

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Conductor Gustavo Dudamel bows out of this week's BSO concerts

Dudamel, the artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has withdrawn from remaining upcoming concerts in his scheduled two-week stint with ...

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Pinoy flutist bags awards in Denmark's Carl Nielsen

A Filipino flutist bagged awards at the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition held in Odense, Denmark.

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British Conductor To Replace Louis Langrée For Canadian Debut With The Toronto Symphony

Twenty-seven-year-old UK conductor Kerem Hasan has replaced Louis Langrée in upcoming concerts with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

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Barbican Quartet wins International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition - The Strad

The British ensemble receive €10000 and a special prize for the best interpretation of a work composed before 1830.

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Striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians given ‘last, best and final offer’

The musicians have been on strike since March 11 over proposed salary increases and pension changes.

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A million streams a day, seven albums in a year — is Ludovico Einaudi the new Mozart? (pay wall)

Ludovico Einaudi is by some measure the most popular classical music artist in the world.

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English National Opera set to change Coliseum doors as audience complains they are 'excluding'

English National Opera plans to open its doors - quite literally - to a wider audience.

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Leading Scots playwright blasts country’s top composer over Holyrood funding ‘hypocrisy’

The Scottish Government has provided direct funding of £150,000 to the EIF for five concerts of his work, including a brand new symphony.

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Is Germany's orchestral paradise as good as it seems?

The country’s Unesco-protected orchestral system may look ideal to the rest of the world, but it’s by no means a bed of roses, writes Hugo Shirley

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Artificial Intelligence to help recognise violinist’s gestures

With the violin as a case study, one of the main goals of the project is to provide students with feedback in real time

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Musician gets back prized violin after nearly a decade

Eight years after her prized violin was stolen from her home, a local musician experienced an unexpectedly upbeat coda.

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More than half of new ENO 2019/20 productions directed by women

The company on Wednesday announced details of 10 productions, seven of them new, and three revivals, as well as plans for surtitle-free performances and early shows for people who want to get home.

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Philadelphia Orchestra hires two new conductors, both women

The new conductors take up the baton here next season.

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Orlando Philharmonic changes leadership

Executive director Chris Barton steps down from the resident orchestra; Mary Palmer and Mark Fischer step up to fill his shoes.

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We’re not being given a viable future': how Brexit will hurt British music

If European musicians start needing visas and other permissions – such as certificate of sponsorship and so on – the cost of the time spent on administration, aside from the extra charges, would present further barriers to booking these artists. When it comes to ensembles and orchestras, multiply the problem – and the cost – by 50 to 100. Someone will have to pick up that bill

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5 steps to help save music education in the UK

Rob Adediran, executive director of the London Music Masters education charity, comments on the #SaveOurMusic campaign

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Prize Winners Announced at Berlin's Max Rostal International Viola Competition

24-year-old German violist Tobias Reifland has been awarded 1st prize at the 2019 Max Rostal International Viola Competition.

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Readers sound off on striking CSO musicians

Howard Reich features letters from amid the deluge that followed a recent column, "Don't tell me CSO musicians have it easy."

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Five Singers Named Winners of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions

Each winner receives a $15,000 cash prize.

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Guess who's Bach? Composer's popularity surges 334 years after his birth

More millennials are listening to classical music according to research released by the Royal Albert Hall and music streaming service Deezer

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Johan Dalene wins violin section of Nielsen Competition 2019

The violinist wins a cash award of €12,000, a CD recording with the Odense Symphony Orchestra on Orchid Records, and performance opportunities

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