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21st October: Beethoven charity race, music back into China, and a close watch on music streaming

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Gramophone

Jonathan Manners named chief executive of Academy of Ancient Music

Jonathan Manners replaces Michael Garvey, who leaves to become director of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in December

Classic FM Online

Runners encouraged to ‘Beat Beethoven’ in charity race

Classical music-loving runners are being encouraged to run 5k or walk 2.75k in the time of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

Ocarina-playing world record attempt under threat

A choir of schoolchildren hoping to break the record for the greatest number of ocarina players gathered together at one time are desperately seeking volunteers to help their attempt take place

The Telegraph

The Battle of Ideas: are we still able to listen to music properly?

The noise all around us is robbing us of our ability to hear, says Ivan Hewett

Let’s be upstanding for our hymns of praise

‘Worship songs’, feebly crooned to the sound of strummed guitars, are no substitute for the inspiring paeans of the past

CRI English

Experts Urge Classic Music Traditions Back in China

Scholars specializing in Chinese music traditions recently gathered in Beijing to discuss how the decline of classical music education, which also emphasizes ethical education, may cause many problems in contemporary Chinese society

The New York Times

As Downloads Dip, Music Executives Cast a Wary Eye on Streaming Services

As sales of CDs have plunged over the last decade, the music industry clings to one comfort: downloads continue to sell briskly as people fill their computers and iPods with songs by the billions

The Washington Post

Valentina Lisitsa: The pianist who won the Internet

Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa, 43, has dared to tamper with traditional formula, using YouTube as her empty stage

Klassik.com

Spannungen zwischen Stadtführung und Festspielleitung?

Diskussion um Einfluss der Stadt Bayreuth auf Richard Wagner-Festspiele

Classic FM Online

Classic FM Online


6th November: Lifelong benefits of music lessons, Instrument Museum Destroyed, and Video Game music concerts

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Mashable

Pitchfork to Launch Magazine-Style App ‘Pitchfork Weekly’

Online music publication Pitchfork will launch its first mobile app in November, the company revealed exclusively to Mashable. Dubbed Pitchfork Weekly, the magazine-style app will be available on iOS at launch before coming to Android in the future

Digital Music News

Album Sales Sink to Their Lowest Levels Since 1991…

Vinyl records continue to sell well but album sales CDs and digital albums sink lower

Pandora Loses Nearly 2 Million Listeners In October…

iTunes radio has huge amount of active listeners while Pandora listeners fall away

Huffington Post

Video Game Music Is Making Symphony Orchestra Awesome Again, Thanks To ‘Zelda’ And ‘rePLAY’

With the help of a few band geeks and game developers, a few of the gaming community’s favorite soundtracks are featuring in new concerts of gaming music repertoire. Producer Jason Michael Paul is one of the masterminds behind the movement…

Classic FM Online

Johnny Marr and Incubus’ Michael Einziger join new Spiderman soundtrack

Johnny Marr, formerly of The Smiths, and Incubus guitarist Michael Einziger will be joined by Dave Stewart, ex-guitarist with The Eurythmics on the new Hans Zimmer score for The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Instrument museum destroyed in fire

Hundreds of instruments were destroyed yesterday in a large fire at an Italian musical instrument museum, Museo dello Strumento Musicale in Reggio Calabria

Newsday

Childhood Music Lessons May Offer Lifelong Benefits

Older adults who took music lessons during childhood seem to have a faster brain response to speech than those who never played an instrument, according to the results of a new, small study

Ozarks First

Classical Music Helps Fight Crime and Violence on Park Central Square

With the knowledge that music affects peoples mood, Springfield police in the USA are letting the music do the talking

Die Welt

“Ich spiele, solange mein Dekolleté vorzeigbar ist.”

Die große Geigerin im großen Gespräch: Anne-Sophie Mutter über ihre Einspielung der Solo-Werke von Antonin Dvorák mit den Berliner Philharmonikern und warum sie Kleider von Dior als Arbeitskleidung trägt

Classic FM Online

Classic FM Online

 

13th January: Lang Lang with Metallica, violinist receives Salomon Prize, and Nicola Benedetti on early career struggles

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Classic FM Online

Lang Lang to perform with Metallica at 2014 Grammys

Pianist Lang Lang will perform with heavy metal legends Metallica at this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, it has been announced

ITV

Birmingham based violinist wins prestigious music award

A Birmingham based violinist has become an ‘unsung heroine’ of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra following the presentation of the RPS/ABO Salomon Prize for orchestral musicians

Public Radio of Armenia Online

Renowned conductor Aram Gharabekian passed away aged 58

Renowned conductor Aram Gharabekian passed away in the US today at the age of 58,  the Armenian Ministry of Culture informs

Daily Mail

My struggle in cut-throat world of classical music, by violin prodigy Nicola Benedetti

The violinist who became an overnight sensation when named BBC Young Musician of the Year reveals how she struggled when plunged into an ‘extremely cut-throat’ world, writes Chris Hastings

Arts Journal

Against all trends, musicians still join union

A visit yesterday from Professor Martin Cloonan of Glasgow University revealed an unexpected statistic

The Guardian

Want to buy a classical CD? Don’t go to New York!

The joys of browsing and sampling CDs in a specialist store shop are increasingly hard to come by, and almost impossible if you’re a New Yorker

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Zum Tod von Iris Wagner

Ihre Cousins und Cousinen, auch ihre jüngere Schwester Nike, stritten öffentlich über Richard Wagners Erbe. Sie kämpfte gegen das, was sie die „Possen“ Bayreuths nannte. Zum Tod der Künstlerin Iris Wagner

Classic FM Online

Classic FM Online

22nd December: 25 best carols, top classical CDs & Les Pêcheurs de Perles at the Met

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Classical news

In today’s news, Classical Music Magazine counts down the days to Christmas with 25 of the best Christmas carols and Andrew Clements discusses his top 10 classical CDs of 2015 for The Guardian. Also, Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles, which was last performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1916, opens on New Year’s Eve

Classical Music Magazine

22 December: Bethlehem Down

This Christmas we count down the days with an advent calendar of the 25 best Christmas carols ever written, as voted for by 50 top choral experts from the across the UK and US

International Arts Manager

Bizet’s pearl fishers come to the surface for the first time in a century

A new staging of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), which was last performed at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1916, opens on New Year’s Eve

The Guardian

Andrew Clements’ top 10 classical CDs of 2015

The best of this year’s releases, from Simon Rattle conducting Lutosławski’s Piano Concerto to Steve Reich’s minimal masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians

The Telegraph

The Christmas music that tells us who we are

Because we live in an increasingly secular society the culture of  Christmas has, within living memory, changed dramatically

Klassik.com

O du fröhliche bereits 200 Jahre alt?

Das berühmte Weihnachtslied “O du fröhliche” ist nach Recherchen des Weimarer Johannes Falk-Vereins älter als bislang angenommen

Musik heute

Mit Beethovens Ode “An die Freude” gegen Pegida

Einige tausend Menschen haben in Dresden am Montag friedlich gegen eine Kundgebung des islam- und fremdenfeindlichen Pegida-Bündnisses demonstriert

Klassik heute

Eugen Jochum Preis an Andreas Pascal Heinemann

Am vergangenen Sonntag, 20.12.2015, wurde zum dritten Mal der Eugen-Jochum-Preis durch dessen Tochter Veronica Jochum von Moltke vergeben

New York Times

Aix Festival Director to Step Down

Bernard Foccroulle, the general director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival, plans to step down from his position at the end of 2017, the festival announced on Friday

Le Figaro

Après Paris, Londres veut sa Philharmonie

Un rapport confirme le besoin d’une nouvelle salle qui pourrait voir le jour en 2023.

Twitter

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Les Pêcheurs de Perles/ International Arts Manager

Les Pêcheurs de Perles/ International Arts Manager

8th December: Applications open for Rhinegold Charity Fund, Mozart sells most CDs 2016 & Soundcloud starts subscription service

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Classical News

In today’s classical news, applications open for £10,000 Rhinegold Charity Fund, government in Beijing boosts growth in classical music, and violinist Charlie Siem strikes a high note in fashion. Also, Mozart sells most CDs in 2016 and Soundcloud starts subscription service to compete with Spotify and Apple Music.

Classical Music Magazine

Applications open for £10,000 Rhinegold Charity Fund

Charities operating within the music sector are invited to submit their applications for the Rhinegold Charity Fund 2017/18.

Music Teacher Magazine

Scottish Opera to bring Burns opera to primary schools

Thousands of primary school pupils across Scotland will rehearse and perform an opera based on Robert Burns’ poem Tam o’ Shanter as part of Scottish Opera’s annual primary schools tour.

RCM announces David Lang residency

The Royal College of Music has announced David Lang as composer-in-residence for its American-focused spring 2017 season.

Australian Financial Review

Government in Beijing boosts growth – in classical music

This month, New York’s David Geffen Hall will welcome a visiting orchestra on a tour including other top venues in Los Angeles and San Francisco. But the guest orchestra is not the Berlin Philharmonic or one of Europe’s other esteemed ensembles. It is the China Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), founded in Beijing a mere 16 years ago.

The New York Times

The Violinist Charlie Siem Strikes a High Note in Fashion

Read about British Violinist Charlie Siem’s interview with The New York Times, as the violin virtuoso not only is successful in classical music, but now also strikes a high note in Fashion.

Der Tagesspiegel

Kommen und Bleiben

Das Berliner Chefdirigentenkarussell dreht sich. Einer hat jetzt verkündet, dass er bleibt: Donald Runnicles verlängert seinen Vertrag an der Deutschen Oper.

NDR

Auf Klangsafari in der Elbphilharmonie

Jedes Hamburger Schulkind sollte mindestens einmal in der Elbphilharmonie gewesen sein, so hatte es sich Hamburgs Erster Bürgermeister Olaf Scholz gewünscht. Mit den musikvermittelnden Angeboten der Elbphilharmonie könnte dieses Ziel gelingen.

Spiegel Online

Mozart verkauft 2016 die meisten CDs

Ein vor 225 Jahren verstorbener Musiker entpuppt sich als Megaseller der Gegenwart: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart hat 2016 die meisten CDs verkauft. Allerdings nur mithilfe eines kleinen Rechentricks.

Klassik.com

Linksextreme protestieren vor Mailänder Scala

Vor der Mailänder Scala haben anlässlich der Spielzeiteröffnung linksextreme Gruppen protestiert. Die Demonstranten forderten mehr Sozialwohnungen und Beschäftigung, darüber hinaus riefen sie Parolen gegen die Regierung des scheidenden Regierungspräsidenten Matteo Renzi.

nmz

Soundcloud startet Abo-Dienst auch in Deutschland

Der Berliner Musikdienst Soundcloud bringt sein Abo-Angebot auch nach Deutschland. Die Firma will gegen die Marktführer Spotify und Apple Music mit einem breiteren Angebot punkten: Neben den üblichen rund 30 Millionen Songs aus den Katalogen der Musikindustrie sind auf der Plattform viele Titel weniger bekannter Künstler sowie einige exklusive Aufnahmen von Stars zu finden.

Musik Heute

Raubkunstverdacht bei Geige – Stiftung soll 100.000 Euro zahlen

Im Fall einer möglicherweise von den Nazis geraubten wertvollen Geige hat die Schlichtungsstelle vorgeschlagen, dass die Erben des früheren Besitzers 100.000 Euro erhalten sollen. Derzeit ist die Geige im Besitz einer Stiftung, die das Instrument hochbegabten Studenten der Nürnberger Musikhochschule zur Verfügung stellen will. Diese sollen verpflichtet werden, mit Konzerten an die Geschichte der Familie Hildesheimer zu erinnern.

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