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At Whitsun 2023, we embark upon a journey to the underworld – experiencing once again the birth of opera from the grief of Orpheus over the loss of his beloved Eurydice. Cecilia Bartoli and her guests explore the myth of the enchanting lament of Orpheus, whose moving song and playing are
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Music teachers the world over – from instrument and vocal tutors to non-specialist primary school teachers – are to be connected in a landmark initiative designed to inspire, support and champion their skills to create a global community of music teaching peers. The Teacher Hub – an online platform for everyone involved in
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The world’s oldest record label, Deutsche Grammophon – a division of Universal Music Group, the world leader in music-based entertainment – announces the launch of STAGE+, a ground-breaking classical music subscription service, offering livestreams, a huge video archive and new audio releases – all on one platform. The latest milestone in classical
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I was in Chennai in the beginning of October 2022, working with children who, despite any other challenges they face in life, they choose music to express themselves and share with the world something powerful and beautiful. The reason I was there was to help the final stage of preparation
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After a long pandemic-induced break, Delhi’s premier performing choir returns to the stage with a meaningful repertoire inspired by hope, despite the difficulties we have all been through in the last few years. The Capital City Minstrels (CCM) returns to performing after three years, the longest we have ever
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The Symphony Orchestra of India’s Autumn 2022 Season, with outstanding concerts, recitals and a dazzling opera, concludes with a flourish of applause. The silence—before the sound of music filled the majestic Jamshed Bhabha Theatre— was heavier than usual for it was after more than two years that the
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Leonard Bernstein’s Music for String Quartet is set to receive its premiere studio recording and release, with a newly discovered second movement, as yet unheard publicly, to be included on the program. The piece, composed by Bernstein in 1936 at age 18 while a student at Harvard University in
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At the end of September 2022, Erez Tocker, Joysy John and Cheryl Kirk visited Mumbai and Chennai to meet with our team in India. They met with around 40 people from 15 Representative organisations across the country, and teachers and students across all subjects in Mumbai. Trinity has a very
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From 8 to 12 November 2022, Suntory Hall presents MIDORI and colleagues in a five-day programme featuring Beethoven, including the complete violin sonatas (November 8-10), selection of piano trios (November 11), and the violin concerto (November 12). This project was originally scheduled for 2020, the Beethoven Anniversary year, but had
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In 1873, when the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Franz Joseph I, approved the construction of the Hungarian State Opera, his one condition was that it must not exceed the enormity of the Vienna State Opera. However, there was no stipulation placed on its beauty or opulence. The
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Marin Alsop leads the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in its Carnegie Hall debut on Friday, October 14 at 8:00 p.m., a program that includes Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and works by illustrious 20th-century Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos: his Preludio from Bachianas brasileiras No. 4; Harmonica Concerto, featuring Brazilian harmonica
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The mandate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, which has just concluded the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, is far broader than that of being one of America’s premiere performing arts centers. Rather, as the nation’s cultural center, its goal is
