Nominations open for Scottish Awards for New Music
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
The Awards, now in their fifth year, celebrate Scotland's contemporary music scene
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Venice Music Biennale programme announced
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
The 2021 biennale is the first headed by artistic director Lucia Ronchetti.
Welsh National Opera marks 75th anniversary with new poem
- Thursday, April 15, 2021
The Welsh National Opera is celebrating 75 years since its first performance
'Sad and disappointed': West End orchestra halved due to Covid-19
- Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The orchestra of the West End's Phantom of the Opera has been halved as a result of Covid-19.
Violinist Daniel Pioro launches new contemporary music collective at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Pioro joins the conservatoire as associate artist in contemporary string performance.
UK Music and DCMS to hold live events 'crisis meeting'
- Tuesday, April 13, 2021
On 14 April leaders from across the entertainment and insurance industries will meet to discuss the...
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The Long View | If the BBC cares about the regions, the Concert Orchestra must move south west
- Thursday, March 25, 2021
Certain parts of the country are consistently overlooked by the BBC, argues Andrew Mellor
The Long View | If the City won't build London a new hall, someone else must
- Wednesday, February 24, 2021
We mustn't give up on a new concert hall for London, writes Andrew Mellor
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- Monday, February 22, 2021
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Stephen Pritchard finds out more about a new campaign to save an endangered wood used to make bows
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Exploring the works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor through theatre
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