Classical Music News

Dame Janet Baker hosts the 2013 RPS Awards

Dame Janet Baker hosts the 2013 RPS Awards

Awards for Karabits, Philharmonia and the Heath Quartet

A Choir of Our Time unites 300 community and professional singers and musicians

A Choir of Our Time unites 300 community and professional singers and musicians

The special performance of Tippett’s A Child of Our Time forms part of Southbank Centre’s Festival of Neighbourhood

BBC Proms reports record opening day ticket sales

BBC Proms reports record opening day ticket sales

Over 114,000 tickets are sold for the London summer festival on the first day of booking

Operatic stars join forces to record songs of John Denver

Operatic stars join forces to record songs of John Denver

Album features such names as Plácido Domingo, Danielle de Niese, René Pape and Thomas Hampson

Düsseldorf’s Deutsche Oper am Rhein cancels controversial Tannhäuser

Düsseldorf’s Deutsche Oper am Rhein cancels controversial Tannhäuser

The production, which is set in a Nazi concentration camp, proves too harrowing for some audience members

Dacapo records New York Philharmonic composer

Dacapo records New York Philharmonic composer

A new partnership will see Dacapo record works by New York Phil’s composer-in-residence Magnus Lindberg

Watch the New York Philharmonic for free on medici.tv

Watch the New York Philharmonic for free on medici.tv

A live webcast of the orchestra’s sold-out concert in Dresden takes place on May 14 - available to audiences worldwide for the next 90 days

The composer Steve Martland has died at 53

The composer Steve Martland has died at 53

Born October 10, 1959; died May 6, 2013

Winners of the NCEM Composers Award 2013 announced

Winners of the NCEM Composers Award 2013 announced

The National Centre for Early Music presents awards to young composers in association with BBC Radio 3 and Florilegium

LSO to perform two tribute concerts for Sir Colin Davis

LSO to perform two tribute concerts for Sir Colin Davis

The London Symphony Orchestra honours its former president and principal conductor on June 16 and 18