Glenn Meling: Minnesota
Glenn Meling’s recent release Minnesota stands out as a pop/rock album because its nine tracks are built around one subject or narrative present throughout. The … Read more
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New York Philharmonic launches Young People’s Concerts Play
Leonard Bernstein’s engaging and insightful Young People’s Concerts helped introduce a whole generation to classical music. Now the New York Philharmonic has begun making available … Read more
Score from Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony exhibited before auction
The original score from Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (the Resurrection Symphony) is to be auctioned Nov. 29 for the first time. It was exhibited … Read more
The Lost Operas of Mozart
City Opera Vancouver gave three performances of the Lost Operas of Mozart in Oct 2016, a two-hour production bringing together three works left unfinished by … Read more
Research finds musicians three times more likely to suffer depression
In what is being described as the largest survey of its kind in the world, Help Musicians UK has found alarming rates of depression and … Read more
Watch and see if you know these 25 facts about classical music
Youtube channel List 25 has taken a stab at classical music. The result is a humorous and for some informative look at 25 well known … Read more
Musician forced to check viola in hold by Lufthansa
Sekyeong Cheon, deputy principal violist at the Finnish National Opera, was forced to check her viola into the hold of a Lufthansa flight last week … Read more
Violin made from Winston Churchill’s cigar box sells for more than £6,000
A violin made in the 1950s out of one of Winston Churchill’s cigar boxes sold for over £6,000 in a recent auction. Self-taught violinmaker William … Read more
Why is a German orchestra’s planned performance in Turkey so controversial?
Last week, Germany’s Foreign Ministry abruptly cancelled a planned performance by the Dresden Symphony Orchestra in Istanbul. The performance was to have been the Turkish … Read more
Phil Gammage: Used man for Sale
Texas-born blues artist Phil Gammage’s latest release is “Used man for Sale,” a 10-track record that draws on some blues and pop influences. At its … Read more
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra reaches $25 million funding goal
Amid all the news of cuts at orchestras and musicians on strike in defence of pay, it’s something of a relief to hear a successful … Read more
61 years since Maria Callas debuted at the Met
Maria Callas made her much-anticipated debut at the Met on 29 October 1956, 61 years ago. Callas was already world-famous by the time she opened … Read more
Hear how Beethoven influenced hip hop
Many people would probably tell you that the distance between classical and hip hop is about as far as any two musical genres could be. … Read more
Project to use music to track melting ice in Antarctic
A composer was in the Antarctic with a scientific exhibition to collect data that will be used in the creation of a piece based on … Read more
Musician shows how to respond to clients expecting a free concert
Laura Rose runs a string quartet called Bow Fiddle and an agent recently contacted her about a potential concert opportunity. But, there was a catch, … Read more