BBC Proms Announce Programme For Last Night Of The Proms
26 August, 2020
In light of the recent speculation about the Last Night Of The Proms, we are today announcing the programme for the concert. We very much regret the unjustified personal attacks on Dalia Stasevska, BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor made on social media and elsewhere. As ever, decisions ...
| Helene Grimaud Announces Her Latest Album The Messenger With Works By Mozart And Silvestrov, Out October 2
24 August, 2020
It's been nine and ten years respectively since Hélène Grimaud made her only two Mozart recordings. One might almost think there simply hasn't been room for his music in her multifaceted repertoire, and the pianist does confess that her younger self found the "lightness of being" she associated with ...
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For A Complete Roster Of Composers And Artists, And Information About Project And Festival 20x2020
18 August, 2020
Apollo Chamber Players concludes its six-year multicultural commissioning project with 20x2020 Virtual Festival, twenty video episodes featuring two digital world premieres and new studio performances recorded specifically for this series, previous concerts, of the 20 commissioned works, curated with ...
| Martina Consonni Recipient Of The Scheer Foundation Musical Scholarship For 2020/2021
17 August, 2020
Today Maddy Cross Parkin, Director of Musical Grants, announced that Martina Consonni is the very First Recipient of the Scheer Foundation Scholarship for the year 2020/2021.
"Martina Consonni from Como, Italy is the very first recipient and we are proud to support her career. It is a privilege ...
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BBC Proms Announce Laura Marling, Benjamin Grosvenor And Philharmonia Orchestra To Join Live Line-up
12 August, 2020
Award-winning British singer-songwriter Laura Marling will be part of the live Proms this summer! Marling will be performing songs from her recently acclaimed, Mercury-nominated album Song for Our Daughter, as well as selected songs from her previous albums, in brand-new string arrangements by American ...
| Joshua Bell To Star In New PBS Special 'Joshua Bell: At Home With Music'
12 August, 2020
Joshua Bell will star in a new PBS nationwide broadcast special, "Joshua Bell: At Home With Music," airing August 16, 2020, at 7PM ET/6PM CT, and available to stream here via the PBS website in the U.S. for two weeks afterwards. The program centers around a musical soirée of intimate performances from ...
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Falu & Karyshma Share The Solace And Spirit Of Traditional Indian Music For Our Current Moment On Someday (August 28)
11 August, 2020
Falu & Karyshma have announced (August 28), their interpretations of traditional Indian songs that span centuries and center on themes of oneness and universal human experience. One of the band members, Falu, is the first Indian female singer-songwriter to be nominated for a GRAMMY. Falu & Karyshma ...
| Austrian Composer Oliver Ostermann And American Tenor Brian Cheney Collaborate Across Borders To Create Music In The Time Of Corona
11 August, 2020
Austrian Composer Oliver Ostermann and American Tenor Brian Cheney have teamed up during the global pandemic to create "I Sang My Heart to the Moon". The album of eight pieces beautifully displays Ostermann's rich melodic landscape showing why he is considered one of Europe's most exciting composers ...
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Vikingur Olafsson Surpasses 112 Million Streams, Including 17 Million Streams For Critically-Acclaimed New Album "Debussy - Rameau"
11 August, 2020
"He's got the keys to brighten the darkness," commented The Times following the release of Víkingur Ólafsson's latest album Debussy • Rameau back in March, when many countries were in lockdown and international concerts were cancelled. Determined to continue sharing his love of music, the celebrated ...
| New - Arvo Part Album By Gloriae Dei Cantores Who "Emerge As Prominent Champions Of Arvo Part's Music With A Distinctive Sound To Match"
29 July, 2020
"Utterly Captivating" - Fanfare
"Pärt's sound world, exemplified here by his choral music, demands performers with pure and beautiful tone, and impeccable intonation...The singing is unfailingly secure, lovely, and expressive" - Fanfare
"Top five (Classical BILLBOARD) in one of the largest classical ...
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Renee Fleming & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Present Stunning New Track "When You Wish Upon A Star"
22 July, 2020
Four-time Grammy-winning American soprano Renée Fleming shares her beautiful rendition of 'When You Wish Upon a Star' from the 1940 animated classic Pinocchio, released in a unique collaboration with Decca Records/Universal Music Canada, the country's leading music company and Disney Music Group's ...
| Rolando Villazon And Xavier De Maistre Present "Serenata Latina," A Rich And Varied Programme Of Latin American Songs
18 July, 2020
Rolando Villazón's latest album for Deutsche Grammophon showcases the vocal music of his native continent. Serenata latina, set for international release on October 2, presents songs recorded for the first time with specially arranged harp accompaniments realized and performed by the great French harpist ...
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The Life Of Beethoven To Be Celebrated With Original Graphic Novel To Mark 250th Birthday
18 July, 2020
Z2 Comics and Deutsche Grammophon, one of the world's most historic and influential record labels, today announced a new original graphic novel looking 250 years into the past at one of the most celebrated musicians of all time: Ludwig van Beethoven. It will be accompanied by a new compilation album ...
| Seiji Ozawa's Celebrates His 85th Birthday With Beethoven Release
18 July, 2020
Decca Classics announces the release of a new record marking the 85th birthday of Grammy-winning Japanese conductor, Seiji Ozawa. Recorded live in 2016/17, Ozawa leads the Saito Kinen Orchestra in performances of Beethoven's Symphony No.7 and Leonore Overture No. 3, also marking the German composer's ...
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Mizzou International Composers Festival Going Online For 2020, Will Take Place Monday, July 27 - Saturday, August 1
15 July, 2020
Responding to the restrictions on live events imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mizzou International Composers Festival is going online for 2020.
The 11th annual edition of the MICF is set for Monday, July 27 through Saturday, August 1, with events streamed online from the Facebook pages of ...
| Celebrated Pianist Lang Lang Records Bach's Monumental Goldberg Variations
12 July, 2020
Lang Lang has realized a lifelong dream by recording Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental keyboard work, the Goldberg Variations, often described as "a musical Everest". It will be released on Deutsche Grammophon on September 4, 2020 in two complementary performances given by the pianist: the first was ...
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Montreal's Orchestre Metropolitain To Launch "A Summer Of Beethoven" With Yannick Nezet-Seguin And Other Renowned Artists
10 July, 2020
The Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal (OM), their conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label are proud to be on the new DG Stage online portal this summer. Joining an impressive roster of internationally renowned artists, the OM will stream Beethoven's first 8 ...
| The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra And Circus Mojo Team Up For Swingin' Cirque Revue
08 July, 2020
"In these crazy times we decided to scale down the forces and ramp up the energy." — KSO Music Director, James Cassidy
A high-energy Swing Revival band provides high-octane music for high-flying circus acts, performing safely outdoors for free. Prepare to mask-up for this weekend's Swingin' Cirque ...
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Daniil Trifonov Presents Shostakovich Discoveries
04 July, 2020
The prestigious Internationale Schostakowitsch Tage Gohrisch, an international Festival dedicated to celebrate the Russian composer, will take place this year in virtual form thanks to a partnership with MDR, ARTE and Deutsche Grammophon.
In Spring this year the festival had to be cancelled due to ...
| Special Independence Day Weekend National Broadcast Of Peter Boyer's "Ellis Island: The Dream Of America With Pacific Symphony" On PBS' Great Performances
03 July, 2020
PBS's Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute to America's history and celebrate the historic American immigrant experience with a special Independence Day weekend program of composer Peter Boyer's Grammy-nominated contemporary classical work "Ellis ...
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