£4,000 Arts Club Karl Jenkins Classical Music Award anounced
Junior Fellow Joo Yeon Sir beat off competition from five other talented finalists at The Arts Club Karl Jenkins Classical Music Award, which is held at the famous club in central London…
Which classical music is the most popular piece for funerals ?
According to Co-operative Funeralcare, Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ is the most popular classical piece for funerals. The highest-ranking hymn is ‘The Lord is My Shepherd’ (Psalm 23), followed in second place by ‘Abide…
The smallest portrait of Mozart expected to fetch £200,000–£300,000
The tiny portrait is by an anonymous artist and is just four centimetres high – about the width of two piano keys. The painting was commissioned in 1777 by the…
The smallest portrait of Mozart expected to fetch £200,000–£300,000
The tiny portrait is by an anonymous artist and is just four centimetres high – about the width of two piano keys. The painting was commissioned in 1777 by the…
‘the world’s fastest pianist’—Lubomyr Melnyk
Lubomyr Melnyk has been making waves since his Japanese debut at the Tokyo Red Bull Music Academy on 12 November, where he played an ultra-fast three-hour composition from memory. His…
Comet 67P sounds an awful lot like harpsichord masterpiece
Comet 67P, currently the home of the European space probe Philae. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, to give it its full name, is a rubber duck-shaped celestial body more than four billion years old.…
A new annual $100k music prize for classical musicians announced
Billionaire industrialist Len Blavatnik, one of the world’s 50 richest people, is sponsoring a $100,000 cash prize for young classical musicians. The Warner Music Prize is named after the record…
Free download Podcast of Richard Strauss’ life and music
Now in his 150th anniversary year. Richard Strauss’s lifetime embraced premieres by both Wagner and Boulez. Where did the composer and his remarkable works sit in relation to the greats…
EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’ law not on The Washington Post ?
Croation pianist Dejan Lazic’s attempt to remove a negative review from the Washington Post ’s website has backfired after news of his request went viral. His claim was originally lodged…
Callas Regracing on the cover of Opera
Maria Callas has been “restored to perfection”, declares Opera Now in the November issue, now on newsstands. With the powerful, iconic Cecil Beaton photograph of the soprano gracing the cover,…