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Gramophone unveils redesign
Gramophone today unveils its exciting new look. Since our launch in 1923 Gramophone magazine has continually evolved to provide the best coverage of classical music through the most attractive and elegant features, criticism and photography. ...
6th Apr 2010
Blanche Thebom, American mezzo, has died
Blanche Thebom died at her home in San Francisco on March 23 a week after contracting pneumonia. She was 94. Thebom performed more than 350 times at the Met from 1944 to 1967 and was especially...
6th Apr 2010
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: new music initiative
As the RSNO's music director Stéphane Denève enters his final two seasons, the orchestra has unveiled its plans for the 2010-11 concerts. Neeme Järvi and Walter Weller return to conduct their old orchestra, and other maestros...
31st Mar 2010
Lorin Maazel appointed Munich Philharmonic music director
When Lorin Maazel relinquished his role as the New York Philharmonic’s music director in 2009, retirement might have been on the cards for the 80-year-old. Not so, however, as the Munich Philharmonic has announced his appointment...
30th Mar 2010
New Sony signing: Ray Chen
Sony Classical has signed violinist Ray Chen on an exclusive, multi-disc contract. Winner of the Yehudi Menuhin Competition (2008) and the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2009), Chen’s first album for the label is due for release in...
29th Mar 2010
Menuhin’s Tourte bow fetches £42,000
Yehudi Menuhin’s main playing bow has been sold for £42,000 at Sotheby’s in London. The bow was made in the early 19th Century by Francois Xavier Tourte, who was known as “the Stradivari of bowmaking” and...
25th Mar 2010
Wolfgang Wagner, for 57 years director of Bayreuth, has died
Wolfgang Wagner, the composer's grandson and for 57 years director of the Bayreuth Festival, died last Sunday (March 21) aged 90. He initiated what is now thought of as a watershed in Wagner production by inviting...
24th Mar 2010
James Rhodes signs to Warner Bros Records
James Rhodes’ unorthodox approach to classical presentation has caught the attention of Warner Bros Records , which has signed a recording deal with the British pianist. His first release is scheduled for late 2010. The 35-year-old...
24th Mar 2010
Lady Susana Walton, Sir William's widow, has died
Susana (née Susana Valeria Rosa Maria Gil Passo) was born in Argentina, the daughter of a lawyer who ensured that all this children learned English, so she grew up bilingual and graduated with diplomas in accountancy...
23rd Mar 2010
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