Buy your way onto an opera stage
Have you always cherished a dream of becoming an opera star but never quite made it a reality? Well, this might be your chance…if you … Read more
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Two great orchestras celebrating 175th anniversary
This year marks the 175th anniversary of the founding of two of the world’s most renowned orchestras: The Vienna Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic. … Read more
Soprano Charlotte Church becomes latest to snub Trump inauguration
Charlotte Church is the latest artist to state her opposition to performing at US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. Writing to Trump’s account on … Read more
Beethoven was most performed composer of 2016
Statistics from the classical music events listing site Bachtrack show that Ludwig van Beethoven topped the list of the most performed composers of last year. … Read more
Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie opens this week
Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall, which experienced a number of lengthy delays during construction, is finally scheduled to open later this week with a concert on … Read more
Charity Ekeke: She
Nigerian-born singer-songwriter Charity Ekeke’s first album is an eclectic record drawing on various sources of inspiration, but above all issues facing women. The result is … Read more
Black Sabbath guitarist becomes choral composer
There seems to be something of a trend of rock stars moving into the classical music realm over recent times. The latest example comes from … Read more
Listen to the first ever recording of Beethoven’s Fifth
The unmistakable opening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has become so embedded in popular culture that it is hard to imagine it any other way. The … Read more
Canadian firm becomes largest provider of classical music television programming
Canadian-based Stingray is to become a leading player in classical music programming for television after it bought out German-based Unitel. Unitel operates the premium TV … Read more
Violinist Julia Fischer receives Germany’s highest civilian award
Violinist Julia Fischer was awarded Germany’s Federal Cross of Merit, the highest civilian award in the country, last month. The prize was a recognition of … Read more
An Italian orchestra conductor was fired for an unexpected outburst
A conductor of an Italian orchestra was fired after telling an audience full of children at a performance shortly after Christmas that Santa does not … Read more
Prisoner learns to play on a cardboard piano
The New Yorker published an inspiring article recently about the efforts of a prisoner to learn to play the piano on a cardboard instrument he … Read more
11-year-old composer debuts opera in Vienna
British composer Alma Deutscher, aged 11, debuted her first opera in Vienna on Thursday. The retelling of Cinderella won high praise and a standing ovation … Read more
Stradivari’s distinctive sound may be down to a bath
Researchers have come up with another answer to the ongoing riddle of what it is about the violins manufactured by Antonio Stradivari that makes them … Read more
Norwegian airline prevents musician from boarding plane prior to Christmas
Budget airline Norwegian denied German violinist Elia Kaden boarding on one of its flights two days prior to Christmas. Kaden was flying from Oslo to … Read more