Music BAFTA 2014 Awards nominees
Five of the best soundtracks of the past year are in the running to win the Music BAFTA 2014, as nominations were announced this morning. The winners will be announced…
An hour violin playing is equival to two glasses of wine ?
A new study has shown that playing the violin for an hour burns the same amount of calories as drinking two glasses of wine (3.5 fluid ounces). The study, carried…
An hour violin playing is equival to two glasses of wine ?
A new study has shown that playing the violin for an hour burns the same amount of calories as drinking two glasses of wine (3.5 fluid ounces). The study, carried…
15 live concerts (including three world premieres) will broadcast on BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 and Southbank Centre will join forces in March to broadcast 15 live concerts (including three world premieres) from the Pull Out All The Stops organ festival. In…
U.S. customs destroyed 13 handmade flutes as agricultural products
A virtuoso performer is devastated after he claims customs officials at John F. Kennedy International Airport destroyed 13 handmade flutes. Boujemaa Razgui says he was passing though the airport when he…
New Year’s Honours for Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir Simon Rattle and Stephen Hough
Three of Britain’s most acclaimed classical musicians are to be recognised in the 2014 New Year’s Honours list. Composer and Master of the Queen’s Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is…
The New Year Honours List led by Rattle and Maxwell Davies on Classic FM
A host of classical music talent is recognised in the list, led by the conductor Sir Simon Rattle and the Master of the Queen’s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Sir Simon joins the Order of…
The New Year Honours List led by Rattle and Maxwell Davies on Classic FM
A host of classical music talent is recognised in the list, led by the conductor Sir Simon Rattle and the Master of the Queen’s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Sir Simon joins the Order of…
Quad new desktop built-in amplification loudspeakers
The latest product from celebrated British audio name Quad is an active speaker design, aimed as much at living-room use as those who want to play music from their computers. The Quad…
Stolen 1696 violin sells for £1,385,000 at auction
The thieves struck at a Pret a Manger café outside Euston station on 29 November 2010 as violinist Min-Jin Kym stopped to get something to eat. After three years of…