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Herbert von Karajan was for decades the most artistically significant figure of the Salzburg Festival. His artistic vision and sound-aesthetic rewrote the history of interpretation, and continues to exercise their fascination to this day. In cooperation with Deutsche Grammophon, the Karajan Institute presents a new digital series of podcast-styled albums
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Here in Portugal, as most elsewhere, the Coronavirus has had a huge impact on concert-making. Although our “numbers” are relatively moderate, all live concerts have been cancelled since early March, confronting musicians with the heretofore-unknown territory of a “ban” on their principal activity. Orchestras cancelled the rest of their seasons,
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India’s only Copyright Society representing the authors, composers, and publishers of music, The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS), announces the implementation of the world’s most advanced operating system for Copyright Societies. With this considerable investment, using cutting edge technology developed by Canada’s Dataclef, IPRS will provide
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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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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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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
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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
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DG Stage will host the first-ever virtual Bayreuth Festival this summer. In partnership with the spiritual home of Richard Wagner’s music dramas, DG Stage will present sixteen evenings between 25 July and 29 August. The four works scheduled for the 2020 Bayreuth Festival – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin
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* The Teatro Real has reopened its doors to the public on July 1 with strict health and safety measures. * Nicola Luisotti, a renowned expert in Verdi and Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Real, leads 21 performances alternating with Luis Méndez Chávez, who will conduct 6. * There are four different
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A poster series commemorating the Salzburg Festival’s centenary can be viewed since Friday and through the end of August on the Makartsteg bridge in Salzburg. Five international artists with a close connection to the Salzburg Festival have designed one poster each, exploring the founding idea of the Festival. “To