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Today, 19 August 2020, Daniel Barenboim celebrates the 70th anniversary of his stage debut. In his solo recital at the Großes Festspielhaus, he plays Beethoven’s monumental Diabelli Variations (33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120) as well as the composer’s Sonata for Piano No. 31
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From Saint-Saëns playing its Grand Organ within months of its opening to it being home to the BBC Proms, from its glazed iron roof to the mosaic frieze, the Royal Albert Hall is as iconic for its structure as it is for the formidable list of names that have performed
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The 27 performances of La traviata at the Teatro Real during the month of July have concluded with great success! Between July 1 and 29, 27 performances of La traviata were performed at the Teatro Real without a trace of COVID-19 among the members of the cast, chorus, orchestra, theatre
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As a classical and jazz, or rock and pop professional, could your expertise, passion and guidance help to shape the next generation of music makers? We look for experienced classical and jazz, or rock and pop professionals – teachers and performers, flexible enough in their arrangements, to travel internationally. We ask
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The Olga & Jules Craen Foundation is compelled and disappointed to announce that selection of its Young Musician of the Year for 2021 (YMOY - 2021) has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. It would not be appropriate to have the International Panelists of the three U.K. Music
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Through the coming together of art and technology under expert guidance, the NCPA is preparing to take India’s cultural heritage beyond its theatres. Chairman Khushroo N. Suntook on adapting to extraordinary times. Since the lockdown in mid-March, the NCPA has been engaged in utilising the time to first reschedule
Music Education
A long time ago, a smart voice teacher once said, “the most important thing in music is rhythm.” That statement still rings true; the elements of music, like a melody that moves people, and lyrics that mean something, are held together with rhythm. It’s the same thing in speech;
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ABRSM’s Piano syllabuses 2021 & 2022 (Practical and Performance Grades), books and resources are available now for use in exams from 1 January 2021. Here’s a summary of what’s new: * Two exam options – Practical Grades and Performance Grades * Completely revised scales requirements (for Practical Grades) * Completely revised
Music Education
The advent of COVID-19 has forced teachers to move group piano instruction online. While the online medium is not ideal to teach performance skills, there is a silver lining. Online learning does present many benefits; chief among them is the great degree of flexibility it gives students and teachers. Students
Know Your Composer
Background: Augsburg and Vienna Maria Anna (Nannette) Streicher (1769-1838) was a piano maker, composer, teacher, and writer who is perhaps best known for her Viennese pianos and for her friendship with Beethoven. She was born in Augsburg in 1769 into a family of musicians, and her father – Johann Andreas Stein
Music Education
When we’re young and in dance class, we’re told to imitate trees – swaying in the wind, bowing down in a torrent of rain or just standing tall in the cold winter sun. Composers are equally inspired; they see trees as emblematic of spring and optimism or of winter
Music Education
Our New World Our current pandemic has us all teaching in new ways. I have long thought of online learning as an opportunity, a way to indulge in creativity. It represents, however, a significant challenge when it becomes forced upon us in times of global strife. We are all accustomed