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London Mozart Players to resume live performances
’LMP Live!’ – a series of three socially distanced concerts in summer 2020 – will be streamed online for free
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5 festivals that hope to go ahead this summer (at least in part)
Although many festivals have been forced to cancel this summer’s plans owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the following are still hoping to go ahead - at least in part - in accordance with social distancing rules
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Wigmore Hall Live Lunchtime Concerts broadcast across Europe
The London concert venue is broadcasting performances every weekday in June on BBC Radio 3 and on radio stations across Europe
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Lawrence Power commissions new music to perform in empty venues
The violist has commissioned ten composers to write pieces for him to premiere in and on top of empty venues
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Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie plans to reopen in September 2020
The Hamburg-based Elbphilharmonie is planning to reopen in September, with tickets sold on the basis of ’Book now, pay later’
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Barbican announces rescheduled concerts for 2021
Concerts that were due to take place at the Centre between March and July 2020 have been rescheduled for 2021
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BBC Proms announces alternative plans for summer 2020
The BBC Proms announces this summer’s festival will go ahead, but not as we know it
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Vienna Philharmonic to begin performing for live audiences again from June
The orchestra’s Musikverein concert venue will open its doors to audiences on the basis of a number of social distancing regulations
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Southbank Centre warns it may have to stay closed until spring 2021
With a predicted best-case scenario of a £5m loss by the end of the 20/21 financial year, the Southbank Centre warns it may have to remain closed until April 2021
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Ravenna Festival and Riccardo Muti bring live music back to Italy on 21 June
The Ravenna Festival is to bring live concerts back to Italy for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
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National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan, resumes concerts
The orchestra will perform a series of three concerts for a live audience; these will also be live-streamed to digital audiences on YouTube
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Study shows ‘no increased risk to orchestral musicians’ from concerts
The experiment, commissioned by the Vienna Philharmonic, examined the movement of musicians’ breath while performing
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Kronberg Academy cancels all major events until the end of the year
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kronberg Academy Foundation is cancelling all major events scheduled up to the end of 2020
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Grand Teton Music Festival cancels 2020 event but announces immersive filmed festival instead
’Music from the Mountains’, a three-day programme of filmed concerts, will take place in the absence of the usual festival
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Eight Austrian orchestras call for concerts to resume
A letter to the culture secretary gives details on how performances might be organised during the pandemic
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Khachaturian Competition goes online
The Khachaturian Violin Competition will take place entirely online this year
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Live music returns to Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall and BBC Radio 3 will be streaming a series of live recitals throughout June
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2020 Menuhin competition participants commit to rescheduled date
All the musicians originally participating in this year’s Menuhin competition have committed to the rescheduled date
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ARD International Music Competition 2020 is cancelled
This year’s competition has deferred this year’s four categories to 2022.
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Berlin study issues recommendations for orchestral distancing
The study suggests that orchestras could potentially play together under certain conditions