All Coronavirus articles – Page 3
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Southbank Centre warns of 400 job cuts in response to the coronavirus crisis
Cuts are expected to affect all areas of the organisation
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Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall announce mass job cuts
Half of the staff are at risk of redundancy
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UK Culture Secretary confirms VAT cut for theatre and concerts
As with other areas of the hospitality and tourism industry, the VAT rate for theatre and concerts will be cut from 20% to 5%
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Chilean nurse plays violin to coronavirus patients
Damaris Silva, a 26-year-old Chilean nurse on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, has gained attention for playing the violin to sick patients and tired staff after her shift has ended. Twice a week at 6pm, Silva returns to the ward where some COVID-19 patients have spent weeks ...
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Minnesota Orchestra replaces August concerts with chamber performances
All full orchestra concerts originally scheduled for August and early September 2020 have been cancelled due to Covid-19 safety regulations
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After Corona, pay inequality among musicians will be unsustainable
The great disparity in wages between soloists and rank-and-file musicians has been highlighted by the Covid-19 crisis, writes Andrew Mellor
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Quartet performs to audience of 2,292 plants
The members of the UceLi Quartet performed at Barcelona’s iconic Liceu opera house, filled with ficus trees, palms and Swiss cheese plants
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First symphony concerts return to Tokyo
The first two symphony concerts in Tokyo since the start of lockdown took place on Sunday and Monday, in accordance with social distancing and hygiene regulations
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How to put on a live concert in the time of Covid-19
Keith Stanfield, a violinist and former footballer, recently put on a live classical music performance - the first since the pandemic started in his home town of Kansas City. Here he shares his experience, as well as advice for putting on a live concert in compliance with social distancing regulations
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Carnegie Hall cancels rest of 2020 performances
The New York venue has cancelled all performances until 7 January 2021
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason and John Wilson to perform in new online concert series
The Philharmonia Sessions, comprising three bespoke online concerts and documentary material, will launch on 17 July
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Miró Quartet to perform complete Beethoven String Quartets in twelve livestreamed concerts
The Texas-based quartet will present their series from 16 July to 8 August
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Augustin Hadelich plays Paganini Concerto with GliArchiEnsemble - all from separate locations
In this video violinist Augustin Hadelich plays Paganini’s Violin Concerto no. 4: II. Adagio flebile con sentimento, accompanied by the GliArchiEnsemble - all from their separate homes.
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Concert restrictions eased in Bavaria and Saxony
Jan Vogler’s Moritzburg Festival is among events to go ahead, with all performances in the open air
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Czech Philharmonic to perform in open-air concert for audience of 500
The orchestra will perform in the grounds of Sychrov Castle, just outside Prague, under music director Semyon Bychkov on 24 June
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Simon Rattle and London Symphony Orchestra invite children to play Mozart from lockdown
Where’s Simon? will introduce children to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announces postponement of its scheduled autumn 2020 season
The programme originally scheduled for autumn 2020 has been postponed to autumn 2021
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How to record chamber music in lockdown
Graham Oppenheimer, Senior Chamber Music and Viola tutor at Chetham’s School of Music, gives a step-by-step guide to recording chamber music remotely
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Nashville Symphony furloughs 131 members of its team
The ensemble has furloughed administration, artistic affairs and production staff, and musicians
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Running an educational chamber music programme remotely
Graham Oppenheimer, Senior Chamber Music and Viola Tutor at Chetham’s School of Music, explains how he managed to transfer the Manchester-based school’s chamber music programme online during the coronavirus lockdown