Nevill Holt Opera, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8EG4th, 5th, 7th, 8th and 10th August 2021 (La traviata) 19th, 21st, 22nd, 24th and 25th August 2021 (Don Giovanni) Shadwell Opera’s Music Director Finnegan Downie Dear (First Prize Winner at the Mahler Conducting Competition 2020) and Nevill Holt Opera’s own Artistic Director Nicholas Chalmers will conduct Mozart’s …
Red Squirrel is a new opera company created by British conductor John Andrews to bring to life unknown and neglected operatic works. Red Squirrel today announces its UK launch. With its name inspired by the image of the red squirrel: itself endangered, digging up long-buried morsels, the Company’s first project will be a co-production with …
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Music charity The BRIT Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Tony Wadsworth CBE as its new Chair. Tony, a BRIT Trustee for 16 years and a hugely respected industry figure including for his tenure as Chairman and CEO of EMI Music UK and Chair of the BPI, takes over from John Craig OBE, …
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The BBC is calling on young musicians from across the country to enter its BBC Young Composer competition in 2021. BBC Young Composer has launched countless musical careers since its inception in 1998. Formerly known as the BBC Proms Inspire competition, since rebranding in 2020 with a mission to reach a wider pool of talent, …
Directed by Richard Jones and conducted by Martyn Brabbins, The Valkyrie will form the first part of a complete Ring Cycle over the next five years. English National Opera (ENO) is to bring Wagner’s Ring Cycle to the London Coliseum, starting with The Valkyrie this Autumn, subject to any further lockdown restrictions. Directed by the award-winning Richard Jones, and marking the …
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Composer Becky McGlade has signed a long-term global publishing agreement with Oxford University Press, the publisher has announced. Becky McGlade first published with OUP in Spring 2020 with choral pieces My beloved spake, A spotless Rose, and Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life, and we are delighted to be formalising an agreement with her …
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The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is delighted to announce that Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will extend her commitment to the orchestra, continuing as Osborn Music Director for an additional season until summer 2022 and then moving to the role of Principal Guest Conductor. Stephen Maddock, Chief Executive of the CBSO, said: ‘ We’re delighted to be continuing …
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It has been announced that the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation has approved the appointment of Vasily Petrenko as Artistic Director of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia ‘Evgeny Svetlanov’. Succeeding Vladimir Jurowski, who has served in the role since 2011, he will take up the position on 1 September 2021, at …
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra return to Symphony Hall Birmingham The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is to return to Symphony Hall Birmingham, as its doors open for the first time in over seven months to enable live concerts for socially-distanced audiences. The announcement follows today’s decision by Arts Council England to award …
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TO BE LIVESTREAMED AS PART OF ITS FALL SEASON ON NOVEMBER 1 AND 14, 2020 STAY TŌNED, The Orchestra’s New Digital Platform, Has Featured More Than 60 Audio and Video Streams Since April 2020 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, October 23, 2020 — The Orchestra Now (TŌN) has announced the addition of two more symphonic concerts to be livestreamed for free as …
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