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…
2013 Queen’s Medal for Music announced receiver
Operatic baritone and director Sir Thomas Allen CBE has been announced as the recipient of the 2013 Queen’s Medal for Music. Allen is the ninth overall winner of the award.…
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…
Pergolesi Stabat Mater/ Laudate Pueri/ Confitebor on Erato
[asa]B00FESL264[/asa] The reputation of 18th-century Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi today rests almost entirely on one work: his Stabat Mater. It’s a strange fate for a composer once celebrated for his (very) secular…
New Year to begin UBS Soundscapes concert series, Yuja Wang’s piano concertos
[asa]B00EBJ624O[/asa] Gramophone Award-winning pianist Yuja Wang is the subject of a UBS Soundscapes: LSO Artist Portrait in 2014. She will perform three concertos – Beethoven’s Third, Prokofiev’s Second and Rachmainov’s Third…
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 release Bach Inspirations on Cobra/Agro, by Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar
[asa]B00FAYZYYI[/asa] The Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar comes with an impressive CV – third prize in one of the few piano competitions still reckoned to have clout (the Queen Elisabeth in…
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…