All News articles – Page 157
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NewsNew music institute launched in Madrid
‘Musical Arts Madrid’ puts chamber music at the core of its teaching programme
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NewsLeading 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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NewsPrizes 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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News18-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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NewsA 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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NewsHandel 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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NewsFrank 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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NewsBeethoven 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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NewsWigmore 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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NewsTurkish 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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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
