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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| International Piano

Colin Clarke lauds a new three-disc set embodying mystical fusions and ecstasies from the pianist Burkard Schliessmann

Yamaha Music Europe Foundation (YMEF) — Supporting Talented Young Musicians

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| International Piano

Yamaha is committed to empowering people to make waves with their sound and music

Classic FM announces opera star as new radio host

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

British-Italian singer, Freddie De Tommaso will join the line-up of presenters on the classical music broadcaster

Applications for The Honens International Piano Competition are now open

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| International Piano

The Canada-based competition will begin with quarter finals in New York and Berlin

Exploring the choral music of Avril Coleridge-Taylor

Friday, May 10, 2024

| Choir and Organ

A new regular feature from Leah Broad looks into the choral music of underrepresented composers, beginning with the complex political world of Avril Coleridge-Taylor

Sir Andrew Davis: Obituary

Friday, April 26, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Remembering the impressive and varied career of the organist and conductor

Masters of Imitation (The Sixteen)

Friday, May 10, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli: a guide to the greatest recordings

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Ateş Orga introduces one of Liszt’s most picturesque works, the three-part appendix to the second volume of Années de pèlerinage that documents the composer’s travels through Italy, and surveys its glittering history on record

Handel: Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne | Live Review

Monday, June 24, 2024

| Opera Now

McVicar’s Giulio Cesare conquers Glyndebourne once more

Review - Chopin: Études, Opp 10 & 25 (Yunchan Lim)

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘These works hold no difficulties for Lim, whose supple and effortless technique shines through each and every étude’

Introducing the Summer 2024 issue of Choir & Organ, featuring Masaaki and Masato Suzuki

Monday, May 13, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Masaaki and Masato Suzuki: a shared connection with Bach | Gustav Holst: exploring the composer’s choral legacy on his 150th anniversary

Review - ‘Debussy and Ravel for Two’ (Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung)

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘Cohesive sweep, delicacy of execution and, when required, sheer power place this among the finest readings of Debussy’s 1915 masterpiece’

Video of the Day: Josephine Knight & Gesualdo Six perform Schubert

Friday, May 17, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Taken from Knight's album, reimagining the works of Schubert

Opera Season Preview 2024-25

Thursday, July 11, 2024

| Opera Now

Opera Now raises the curtain on the 2024-25 season by exploring some of the key new productions to hit the world’s biggest stages

Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto at Oper Frankfurt | Live Review

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Opera Now

Handel's opera takes a new form in this modern and dark staging

BBC Singers announces new director

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Producer of eight years Jonathan Manners becomes the group's director ahead of the BBC Proms season

Video of the Day: Echo Vocal Ensemble performs Ravel's 'Trois Beaux Oiseaux'

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Joined by soprano Sam Cobb, the group performs a work from Ravel's 'Trois Chansons'

Conductor Alice Farnham on Imogen Holst: ‘What comes through in all Holst’s music is a sense of joy and positivity’

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

| Choir and Organ

As NMC releases an album of Imogen Holst’s choral and orchestral music, Leah Broad meets conductor Alice Farnham to explore why her music has been neglected

Introducing the Autumn 2024 issue of Choir & Organ

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Editor Hattie Butterworth explores the Autumn issue of Choir & Organ magazine

Video of the Day: Dvořák Symphony No 8 - Fourth Movement (Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov)

Classical Music News

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

| Gramophone

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic perform the final movement from Dvořák's masterpiece, the Eighth Symphony

Review - Mozart & Poulenc: Double & Triple Concertos (Karin Kei Nagano, Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama)

Friday, August 30, 2024

| International Piano

It’s a true family affair, and the rapport is palpable in performances that revel in the joyfulness abounding in both works

Review - Albéniz: Iberia – Books 1 & 2; Granados: Goyescas, Op 11 – Book 1 (Peter Donohoe)

Friday, August 30, 2024

| International Piano

Whether you find the performances refreshingly uneccentric or slightly lacking in spice will depend on your taste

Review - Max Rostal: Concert Tours 1956-1965

Friday, September 6, 2024

| Gramophone

These are engaging, spontaneous-sounding performances that if widely heard could well spark off a renaissance of interest in Rostal’s other recordings

Welcome to the new season! Concerts, operas and events worldwide

Monday, September 16, 2024

| Gramophone

Jack Pepper is your guide to the themes and highlights awaiting us across the coming year

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 2: a guide to the best recordings