Young cellist calls for more diversity in classical music
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a 17-year-old cellist who came to prominence in the UK after winning the BBC Young Musician award in 2016, has announced a long-term … Read more
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Pianist faces eviction after neighbour complains about noise
Soheil Nasseri, who is set to give a recital at the Berlin Philharmonie next week, received an order from his landlord to leave his apartment … Read more
Leonard Cohen influenced classical music too
Classical music may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about Leonard Cohen’s lengthy music career. But the popular singer and … Read more
Conductor tweets Beethoven’s symphonies
Summing up precisely what it is about a piece of music that makes it so popular or enjoyable to listen to can often difficult, particularly … Read more
BBC Philharmonic joins education project for disadvantaged children
Britain’s BBC Philharmonic was teaming up with the Orchestras For All to engage with young classical musicians facing challenging circumstances. BBC Philharmonic musicians joined in … Read more
Berlin Philharmonic begins North American tour
The Berlin Philharmonic begins its last tour of the United States and Canada this week under music director Sir Simon Rattle. The orchestra will open … Read more
Hungarian pianist and conductor Zoltan Kocsis dies aged 64
Internationally acclaimed pianist Zoltan Kocsis, renowned for his interpretations of Bartok and others, died in Budapest on Sunday aged 64 after a long illness. The … Read more
Metamorphestra uniting classical and pop music
Los Angeles-based Metamorphestra is a recently founded orchestra which, as its name suggests, specializes in transforming music. Taking well-known pop songs, the ensemble’s founder Nick … Read more
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
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
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
Saint-Saëns and his Danse Macabre for Halloween
Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, Op. 40, was composed in 1874 as an orchestral tone poem based on a French legend about Death appearing every Halloween … Read more