Classical music Archives

John Wallace becomes 17th recipient of the Queen’s Medal for Music

Trumpeter, composer and former Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, John Wallace has been honoured for his five decades of service to mus…

MUSIC:ED November 23, 2021

0 Comments

British countertenor wins first prize at Ferrier Awards

The prize winners of the 66th Kathleen Ferrier Awards were announced on 14 November after a competition which saw the semi-finalists and finalists per…

MUSIC:ED November 15, 2021

0 Comments

New ambassadors for London Music Fund in anniversary year

Two high-profile musicians are to join education charity the London Music Fund's list of Ambassadors. Saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam MBE and ce…

MUSIC:ED October 27, 2021

0 Comments

Gregory Batsleer becomes Director of London Handel Festival

Conductor, Chorus Director and co-founder of the charity Future Stages, Gregory Batsleer has taken over as Festival Director of the London Handel Fest…

MUSIC:ED October 26, 2021

0 Comments

Piano Stories on Stage raises funds for piano teaching

The Frances Clark Center in New York starts its 2021-22 series of online piano lecture/recitals with a performance by Spencer Myer on 29 October.

MUSIC:ED October 19, 2021

0 Comments

Sage Gateshead offers 1000 low budget tickets to first time audience members this Christmas

The Christmas programme for the northern English venue, Sage Gateshead, is always eclectic, and as it rebuilds its audiences after lockdown, it is off…

MUSIC:ED October 18, 2021

0 Comments

RSL launches classical violin syllabus

RSL Awards (RSL Classical/Rockschool) is pushing further into the classical music education sphere with the launch of a violin syllabus based on an ec…

MUSIC:ED October 18, 2021

0 Comments

Universal Edition and Stauffer Center launch digital sheet music project

Access to the UE Digital Library will provide Stauffer Center students with hundreds of works for strings from the UE sheet music catalogue in digi…

MUSIC:ED October 7, 2021

0 Comments

A new entrance and foyer, with terraces outside

New Scottish national centre for music confirmed

The Royal High School Preservation Trust has welcomed the decision by the City of Edinburgh Council’s Finance and Resources Committee to approve the…

MUSIC:ED October 7, 2021

0 Comments

Young people gather for a Modulo performance led by Orchestras for All conductor Emma

Orchestras For All Charity recognised for its impact on people’s lives

The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards shortlists have been announced and the charity Orchestras for All has been nominated for its work in bringing …

MUSIC:ED October 4, 2021

0 Comments

Alim Beisembayev Leeds International Piano Competition Winner 2021

23-year-old Alim Beisembayev wins Leeds International Piano Competition

A young Khazakhstani pianist has beaten finalists from Japan, Israel, Ukraine and the UK to win the Waterman Medal and a £25,000 prize at the Leeds I…

MUSIC:ED October 2, 2021

0 Comments

Kazuki Yamada conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Kazuki Yamada to be CBSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada its Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor …

MUSIC:ED September 15, 2021

0 Comments

Orchestral Tools creates orchestra sample set in partnership with Berklee

The Berlin-based technology company Orchestral Tools has announced the release of Berlin Orchestra: Created with Berklee, a full-featured symphony orc…

MUSIC:ED September 14, 2021

0 Comments

New National Centre for Music proposed for Edinburgh

St Mary’s Music School, Scotland’s national music school, is central to a new proposal submitted by The Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) for the…

MUSIC:ED September 3, 2021

0 Comments

Apple buys classical music service

Apple has announced it has acquired Primephonic, the classical music streaming service launched in Amsterdam in 2014.

MUSIC:ED August 31, 2021

0 Comments

Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, on the waterfront of Singapore's bay, purpose built as a concert hall and theatre for the performing arts

Singapore music exams board and Online Music Exams launch remote performance examinations

The global edtech platform Online Music Exams (OME) and Singapore’s International Performing and Visual Arts Examination Board (IPVAEB) have partn…

MUSIC:ED August 30, 2021

0 Comments

MENU

Category: Classical music

John Wallace becomes 17th recipient of the Queen’s Medal for Music

British countertenor wins first prize at Ferrier Awards

New ambassadors for London Music Fund in anniversary year

Gregory Batsleer becomes Director of London Handel Festival

Piano Stories on Stage raises funds for piano teaching

Sage Gateshead offers 1000 low budget tickets to first time audience members this Christmas

RSL launches classical violin syllabus

Universal Edition and Stauffer Center launch digital sheet music project

New Scottish national centre for music confirmed

Orchestras For All Charity recognised for its impact on people’s lives

23-year-old Alim Beisembayev wins Leeds International Piano Competition

Kazuki Yamada to be CBSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor

Orchestral Tools creates orchestra sample set in partnership with Berklee

New National Centre for Music proposed for Edinburgh

Apple buys classical music service

Singapore music exams board and Online Music Exams launch remote performance examinations

Stars auction their time, tickets and memorabilia to raise money for young musicians

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama appoints first International Chair of Opera representing Asia

Match-funding opportunity at London Music Fund 10 year anniversary fundraiser

The Villiers Quartet and Oxford University take on the classical diversity deficit