Presto Music reports 700% year on year rise in choral music sales
- Monday, September 20, 2021
The surge has been attributed to the return of choirs after lockdown
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Alim Beisembayev wins Leeds International Piano Competition
- Monday, September 20, 2021
The 23-year-old Kazakhstani pianist has been crowned winner of the 2021 Leeds International Piano...
ISM launches annual survey of teaching rates
- Friday, September 17, 2021
The survey will examine both face-to-face and online rates.
Youth Music NextGen scheme survey results published
- Thursday, September 16, 2021
Since its launch in 2019, Youth Music’s NextGen scheme has offered paid freelance work to more than...
British pianist among Leeds Piano Competition finalists
- Wednesday, September 15, 2021
The five finalists will compete for the top prize on 17 and 18 September
Yo-Yo Ma awarded Praemium Imperiale Award for music
- Wednesday, September 15, 2021
The awards, worth £400,000 in total, are given by the Japan Art Association under the honorary...
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The Long View | Is naturalism the gem we can salvage from 2020’s slim pickings?
- Wednesday, August 25, 2021
If we must return to business-as-usual, we can at least retain and develop the refreshing naturalism...
The Long View | The conducting profession has changed, even if Riccardo Muti hasn’t
- Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Riccardo Muti isn’t going quietly. In fact, he isn’t going at all.
Being ‘fringe’ should not be about size, but about having artistic freedom
- Thursday, July 22, 2021
Becca Marriott argues the case for fringe opera, and considers its future in a post-Covid world
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'There’s a strong similarity between working in an operating theatre and playing in an orchestra': revisiting the World Doctors Orchestra
Jon Tolansky catches up with the World Doctors Orchestra as they prepare to perform at the Barbican...
'No orchestral leaders before have had to deal with this much stress': ABO retreat for orchestra and concert hall managers
The stress of the last 18 months has taken its toll on the leaders of the orchestral sector,...
'75% of productions directed by men either had no women or only a single woman in creative roles': Gender imbalance in opera
A new report considers the gender inequalities behind the scenes in the UK's opera houses
'An orchestra for this moment in time': The Proms Festival Orchestra
For the first time ever, the Proms has assembled an orchestra of freelance musicians to perform a...
'When you get it wrong they’ll vocalise their displeasure con forza': Motherhood and musicianship
Juggling a freelance career with motherhood can be challenging, writes Imogen Windsor
'A person embarking on a quest to find – and live – their truth': opera hit comes to London
Laura Kaminsky's opera As One has become the most performed contemporary opera in recent years in...