Classic FM
German musicians beg Angela Merkel to allow instruments through customs
Daniel Barenboim, Andras Schiff, Viktoria Mullova and 27 other German performers are protesting against expensive customs regulations.
Gramophone
RSNO appoints new assistant conductor
Jean-Claude Picard is chosen over 162 hopefuls for the coveted two-year role
Classic FM
HMV to return to original site opened by Elgar
The entertainment chain has confirmed its flagship London store is to return to its original site, opened by Sir Edward Elgar in 1921.
The Telegraph
The Queen’s sick composer is cheered by royal support
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Master of the Queen’s Music, is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with acute leukaemia.
Classical Music Magazine
Southbank Centre strengthens links with In Harmony Lambeth
The Southbank Centre has announced a closer partnership with Lambeth Council on In Harmony Lambeth, with staff from the council joining the Southbank team to run the project on-site.
BBC Music Magazine
Japan ‘Pill-harmonic’ Orchestra prescribes classical music pieces for audience ailments
In a bid to counter falling concert attendance, the Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra has come up with the idea of prescribing classical music for a variety of ailments.
Die Welt
Den wahrhaft Liebenden ist keine Oper zu stürmisch
Für ihren Komponisten Benjamin Britten tun Engländer zum 100. Geburtstag alles: Seine Oper “Peter Grimes” wird am tosenden Nordseestrand aufgeführt, und Star-Tenor Ian Bostridge tanzt eine Pantomime.
