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NewsSchleswig-Holstein Festival announces 100-concert programme
The two-month event in the North German region will take place in a slimmed-down form
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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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New music institute launched in Madrid
‘Musical Arts Madrid’ puts chamber music at the core of its teaching programme
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Leading composers support COVID-impacted UK musicians in new collaboration
Composers including Steve Reich and Mark-Anthony Turnage have volunteered to write music to be performed by lockdown-impacted UK musicians
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Prizes awarded at USA’s Klein International String Competition - held online
19-year-old violinist Gabrielle Despres has been awarded 1st prize at the 2020 Klein International String Competition
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18-year-old cellist shot dead in Philadelphia
Mouhamed Cisse was shot dead near his home on the same night as the Philadelphia #BlackLivesMatter protests
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A Celebration of Aldeburgh Festivals runs from 12 June
Britten Pears Arts presents a 16-day celebration of the festival’s history
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Handel House in Halle to livestream ‘Handel Day’
As an alternative to the cancelled Handel festival, Halle’s Handel House is to livestream a celebration of the German composer
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Frank Almond steps down as concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony
After a life filled with adventures, including the theft and recovery of his ‘Lipinski’ Stradivarius, the violinist is stepping down as the ensemble’s concertmaster, having been forced by the coronavirus lockdown to leave his final season incomplete
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Beethoven Pastoral Project announces live-streamed event
The programme will take place on Friday 5 June, broadcast from Beethoven’s birthplace in Bonn
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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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Turkish viola player Ruşen Güneş has died
The 80-year-old, who lived in London, was a keen promoter of music from his homeland
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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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Violinist Coco Tomita wins string category finals of BBC Young Musician 2020
The 17-year-old violinist played music by Ysaÿe, Debussy/Heifetz and Hubay in the category finals, recorded in December
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Cellist André Emelianoff, chamber musician and Juilliard teacher, has died
The American cellist has died at the age of 78
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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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Academy of St Martin in the Fields to broadcast monthly archive concerts for free
Beginning on 28 June, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields is to broadcast concerts once a month
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Verão Classico Festival and Academy in Lisbon to go ahead this summer
The team behind the Verao Classico Festival and Academy in Lisbon has announced that its 6th edition will go ahead as planned from 26 July to 4 August
