All News articles – Page 147
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NewsLawrence 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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NewsViolinist 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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NewsCellist André Emelianoff, chamber musician and Juilliard teacher, has died
The American cellist has died at the age of 78
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NewsHamburg’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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NewsBarbican 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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NewsAcademy 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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NewsVerão 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
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NewsBBC 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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NewsVienna 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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NewsRoyal Opera House to stream The Cellist online
The ballet will be made available on YouTube from Friday 29 May
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NewsSun Valley Music Festival goes online
The Idaho-based summer festival will take place online this year, from 27 July to 19 August
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NewsMetropolitan Opera conductor Joel Revzen dies of coronavirus
The conductor, who joined the conducting staff of the Metropolitan Opera 20 years ago, has died of coronavirus aged 74
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NewsRenaud Capuçon named artistic director of Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in Switzerland
The French violinist is to take up the role in September 2021
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NewsNYO musicians invite performers for socially-distanced ‘Jupiter’ performance
Musicians from the National Youth Orchestra are inviting performers of all standards for a socially-distanced performance of ‘Jupiter’ from Holst’s The Planets
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NewsSouthbank 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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NewsRavenna 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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NewsThe Strad June 2020 issue is out now
The musicians of the Tetzlaff Quartet discuss recording their first Beethoven album after 25 years together
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis June 2020: Secondary research
Musicians are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental cost of cutting down ebony and maple, even as stocks of top-quality wood are dwindling. What are the alternatives?
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NewsThe Hungarian-born violinist Anton Kontra has died
The violinist, one of the leading soloists in hs adoptive Scandinavia, has died at the age of 88
