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The Gramophone cartoons of 2014

Gramophone
Friday, December 12, 2014

December: Grigory Sokolov signs exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon
November: Arts Council’s Alan Davey to succeed Roger Wright as Controller of Radio 3
October: Deutsche Grammophon launches its new streaming service, DG Discovery
Awards issue: NMC Recordings, the organisation dedicated to championing British contemporary music, has invited six leading composers to write works inspired by exhibits at London’s Science Museum in a project to mark the label’s 25th anniversary.
September: Judith Weir is named first female Master of the Queen’s Music
August: BBC launches new wide-reaching initiative called ‘BBC Music’ – the biggest commitment the corporation has ever made to music education.
July: Daniel Barenboim launches new download only label with Universal
June: Minnesota Orchestra welcomes the return of Music Director Osmo Vänskä
May: The most expensive instrument ever offered for sale – $45m for a Strad viola
April: BBC undertakes major celebration of 18th century music in April
March: Mark Wigglesworth to replace Edward Gardner at English National Opera
February: BBC Radio 3 to broadcast from pop-up studio in Southbank Centre’s cafe
January: Teodor Currentzis and his MusicAeterna orchestra and choir are recording the three Mozart operas to libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte for Sony Classical. These studio recordings are being made in Perm, on the edge of Siberia and about 1400km east of Moscow

In the news pages of every issue of Gramophone, Tim Kirby produces a cartoon relating to the leading classical music news stories of the month. In this gallery is the year in classical music as seen through the prism of the Gramophone cartoon... 

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