All News articles – Page 104
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NewsFilm of Concerto Budapest and Kremerata Baltica wins Golden Lion at Venice TV festival
Among other works, the film featured the Hungarian premiere of Weinberg’s ‘Kaddish’ symphony
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NewsViolin stolen from Japan found in Italy 15 years later
The instrument, a 1675 Nicolò Amati, was stolen in 2005
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NewsCellist Inbal Segev launches 20 for 2020 commissioning project
The project will see the cellist commission and record new chamber works from 20 of today’s composers
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NewsJuilliard to hold virtual gala on Monday 5 October
The gala will feature hundreds of students and alumni performing from locations around the world
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NewsNew England Conservatory introduces free live streams
The live streams will include orchestral and chamber music concerts and talks
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NewsYuri Bashmet hospitalised with Covid-19
The 67-year-old musician’s condition is not thought to be serious
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NewsI Musici cellist Francesco Strano has died
The musician, 80, was also known as a tutor at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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NewsBBC launches new project to celebrate diverse ethnic classical composers across the centuries
The composers’ work will be broadcast in a special concert in autumn/winter 2021
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NewsBBC launches Experience Classical
This digital experience, launched with the help of Sheku Kanneh-Mason, aims to provide a new way to discover classical music
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NewsBeijing Music Festival announces programme of live and online events
The programme includes operas, concerts, documentary films and commentary
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NewsMetropolitan Opera cancels its 2020-21 season
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the opera house has cancelled its 2020-21 season, but has announced its lineup for 2021-22
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NewsAve verum Kürbis: Enormous pumpkin grown to Mozart’s music
Japanese farmer Hiroyoshi Utsunomiya wins national contest with his classically inspired vegetable
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NewsUK concertmaster Barry Griffiths has died
Griffiths led the Royal Philharmonic, BBC Northern Symphony and English National Opera orchestras
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NewsA third of musicians are considering abandoning the music industry new research reveals
The Musicians’ Union is calling on the Government to implement a seat-matching scheme
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NewsObituary: double bassist Gerald Brinnen, former Principal Bass of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Knussen, a member of Brinnen’s section in the BBC SO for seven years, remembers his former colleague
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NewsThe Strad October 2020 issue is out now
Japanese-American violinist Midori speaks about performing contemporary music, recording Beethoven and dedicating herself to social causes
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis October 2020: Sounds like team spirit
Like so many other music establishments, record labels were blindsided by the effect of the pandemic – but despite the restrictions, have carried on producing high-quality recordings. By Harry White
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NewsBBC orchestras and choirs announce autumn programme highlights
A mixture of online and live performances with small, socially-distanced audiences make up the autumn season
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NewsPhilharmonia announces autumn programme of concerts
The autumn programme comprises six online performances, including both livestreamed and pre-recorded concerts
