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Yannick Nézet-Séguin named as Philadelphia music director
And so another young conductor’s star has well and truly risen. It was only a few years ago that the Canadian maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin was widely known only in his native country - he ran Opera...
14th Jun 2010
Perfectly-preserved Montagnana violin up for auction
An important violin by the Italian maker Domenico Montagnana will go up for auction in London today. The violin, an early but accomplished example of work by the Venetian luthier whose output spanned the years 1720-50,...
14th Jun 2010
Arne Nordheim, composer, has died
After several years fighting Alzheimer’s, Arne Nordheim – the leading contemporary Norwegian composer and one of the great creative figures in post-war 20th-century music – has died, 15 days short of his 79th birthday. Nordheim first...
10th Jun 2010
BBC Philharmonic unveils final season with Noseda
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra has unveiled details of its next season – the last with Gianandrea Noseda at the helm. The Italian conductor announced last week that he was stepping down as chief conductor of the...
9th Jun 2010
Giuseppe Taddei has died
“Oh my beloved Taddei!” ventured Philip Hope-Wallace on air one afternoon in the early post-war years, remarking on the great and sudden popularity of the new Italian baritone. And certainly Gianni Schicchi was one of his...
4th Jun 2010
Eric Whitacre signs to Decca
American composer Eric Whitacre has signed to Decca on what is described as an “exclusive, long-term recording contract”. His debut album for the label, “Light & Gold”, will be recorded in August, and will feature Whitacre...
3rd Jun 2010
July issue of Gramophone on sale!
The cream of the world's musicians are heading to London over the next few months for the BBC Proms, the world's largest music festival. You can as ever listen on the radio or online from many...
2nd Jun 2010
Fund launched in memory of Philip Langridge
On Sunday May 30, a gala concert was held in the John McIntosh Arts Centre at the London Oratory School, in honour of the celebrated English tenor Philip Langridge, who died on March 5 this year,...
2nd Jun 2010
Music in the Round appoints new artistic director
Music in the Round, the Sheffield-based chamber music organisation, has appointed a new artistic director. Founded in 1984 as the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival by Peter Cropper, first violin of the now-retired string quartet The Lindsays,...
26th May 2010
King’s Singers appoint new bass
The King’s Singers, a six-man ensemble as renowned for their interpretations of early and contemporary vocal music as for their witty arrangements of popular music, have appointed a new bass. Jonathan Howard, 23, a graduate of...
25th May 2010
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