All COVID-19 articles – Page 4
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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
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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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Concerts to resume in Italy on 15 June
But orchestras and presenters will have to adhere to strict rules concerning the welfare of audiences