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1st August: Grimes at the Cinema, Floating Performers and Record Radio...
The New York Times Spotify Losses Grow, Despite Successful Expansion After five years, the streaming music service Spotify has established itself as a financial force in the music industry, with more...
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18th September: Gramophone Awards, N-Dubz create Urban-Classical fusion and...
Gramophone Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2013 announced! Winners include Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Julian Bream and Jan Lisiecki. Decca Classics are Label of the Year and trumpeteer Alison Balsom is...
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5th December: Berlin orchestras announce 2015 London residency, video game...
Guardian Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic announce 2015 London residency Capital’s two main arts centres to host concerts, masterclasses and family events in February 2015. Classic FM Mozart Minecraft...
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11th December: New app teaches children about classical music, web chat with...
The Telegraph Can an app teach children the basics of classical music? SymbolSmash uses the love story opera “Voyage to the Moon” to teach children the difference between their crescendos and their...
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20th January: Claudio Abbado has died, teacher defrauds children with fake...
Guardian Claudio Abbado dies aged 80 Claudio Abbado, one of the most acclaimed conductors of our age, has died aged 80. The Italian conductor has been in ill health for several months and has not...
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3rd April: the world of Anton Bruckner, Sir Neville Marriner at 90 & the new...
The Guardian Sex, death and dissonance: the strange, obsessive world of Anton Bruckner There’s no doubt Anton Bruckner was an oddball, a man with an unhealthy interest in dead bodies and teenage girls....
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9th March: Women composers, Cheltenham Music Festival, Game Developers...
Classical News Guardian Women composers: genius is gender blind – and so should we be Classical music’s past might be dominated by men, but we can ensure its future isn’t. I’m delighted to be part of...
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8th July: Bakanova’s debut, Classic FM appoints new composer in residence,...
Classical News In today’s news, Ekaterina Bakanova makes an impression with her last minute debut performance, Debbie Wiseman is appointed as Classic FM’s new composer in residence and how pianist Kim...
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9th July: royal harpist replaced, Facebook streaming service planned, unseen...
Classical News In today’s news, Prince Charles’ royal harpist is replaced and Facebook is planning its own streaming service. Also, an unseen letter by Mendelssohn is displayed in Cambridge and...
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24th August: Interview with Jonas Kaufmann, Anne Sophie Mutter in a nightclub...
Classical News In today’s news, an interview with Jonas Kaufmann in The Guardian, Musik heute announces that the 2015 European composer prize will be awarded to Turkish Sinem Altan and the results of...
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26th August: middle-aged musicians, Carol Competition, One Direction split
Classical News In today’s news, middle-aged musicians are missing out, Classic FM’s reaction to the One Direction split and BBC Radio 3 launches Christmas Carol Competition. Telegraph Middle-aged...
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31th August: royalties dispute between PRS for Music and SoundCloud, an...
Classical News In today’s news Gramophon reports that the Performing Rights Organisation will take legal actions against Soundcloud and Concerti publishes an interview with Christian Thielemann. Also,...
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11th September: Arvo Pärt will be 80, interview with Jonas Kaufmann and how...
Classical News In today’s news, The Times highlights a new “chill-out” movement in classical music, while Klassik Akzente announces that John Williams is composing the soundtrack for the new Star Wars...
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14th September: The greatest opera superstars of all time, ‘Refugees Welcome’...
Classical News In today’s news, Rolf Hind examines whether a composer’s sexual identity can influence their music, and The Telegraph asks, ‘are the Proms becoming too safe?’ Also, The Guardian reports...
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29th February: Cologne Opera, Semperoper’s image & Oscar for Morricone
Classical News In today’s news, Tagesspiegel reports on the scandal at Cologne’s Opera House, Semperoper may suffer due to Pegida manifestations and ENO Chorus votes in favour of industrial action....
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27th April: Anna Netrebko withdraws from Norma, Scottish Opera’s new season &...
Classical News In today’s news, Anna Netrebko surprisingly withdraws from singing at Royal Opera’s Norma, Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen to work with Metropolitan Opera, Google offers a virtual...
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29th April: Sneaker-star back in spotlight, dispute at Romanian Opera &...
Classical News In today’s news, sneaker-star and Metropolitan Opera tenor Francesco Anile got another chance in the spotlight, Romanian culture minister resigned amid a dispute at the Romanian National...
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22nd September: Little Mozart Circus, Jonathan Groves launches own artist...
Classical News In our news today, Chamber Music Charleston presents the Little Mozart Circus, Jonathan Groves launches his own artist management company, and the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera is...
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9th November: Cadogan Hall announces Christmas series, Guildhall School...
Classical News In our classical news today, Cadogan Hall announces Christmas series 2016, Guildhall School awards fellowships to Pappano and Hough, and new study finds classical music has calming...
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WildKat PR welcomes Dmitry Masleev
Welcoming back pianist Dmitry Masleev WildKat PR is delighted to welcome back pianist Dmitry Masleev, the triumphant winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (2015). In 2016, WildKat had...
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