Kazuki Yamada to lead DSO Berlin from 2026/27 season

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Friday, April 25, 2025
| Gramophone

The Japanese conductor will succeed Robin Ticciati as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Nicolas Kynaston (1941–2025)

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Friday, April 25, 2025
| Choir and Organ

Virtuoso organist Nicolas Kynaston, who died in March, gave much to the musical world as performer, recording artist and teacher

Video of the Day: Hans Christian Aavik performs Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1

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Friday, April 25, 2025
| Gramophone

Estonian violinist Hans Christian Aavik is joined by Estonian Festival Orchesrta and Paavo Järvi

BBC Proms 2025: 86 concerts, 80 debut soloists, and a return to overnight music-making

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
| Gramophone

The 2025 Proms season runs from 18 July to 13 September, with a programme featuring world premieres, visiting international orchestras, landmark anniversaries, and the festival’s first overnight Prom in more than 40 years

Introducing the Summer 2025 issue of Opera Now, featuring Natalya Romaniw

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
| Opera Now

Longborough Festival founder dies aged 83

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
| Opera Now

Martin Graham, founder of Longborough Festival Opera, died yesterday on 21 April 2025

Video of the Day: Gloria from Bach's B Minor Mass

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Friday, April 18, 2025
| Gramophone

This Easter we hear from the Academy of Ancient Music in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford

Step into 500 years of choral history at Christ Church Cathedral

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Thursday, April 17, 2025
| Choir and Organ

Christ Church Cathedral School invites boys aged 6-9 to attend the next ‘Chorister for a Day’ event on Saturday 3 May – offering a practical introduction to life in the Cathedral Choir

Saehyun Kim triumphs at Long-Thibaud Competition

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Monday, April 14, 2025
| International Piano

17-year-old pianist wins First Prize and multiple special awards in Paris final

The five unmissable new classical recordings this week, featuring Nicola Benedetti, Leif Ove Andsnes, Ruth Gipps and Eleonora Buratto

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Friday, April 11, 2025
| Gramophone

This week – Liszt’s Via Crusis, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, premiere recordings of Ruth Gipps's orchestral works, and a glimpse into 17th century Scandinavia

Van Cliburn competition reveals 30 competitors for 2025

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Thursday, April 10, 2025
| International Piano

Thirty young pianists from around the globe have been selected to take part in the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which returns to Fort Worth, Texas, from 21 May to 7 June 2025

Video of the Day: Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin perform Florence Price’s ‘Piano Quintet in A minor: III. Juba: Allegro’

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
| Gramophone

The recording can be found on their album 'Dvořák & Price: Piano Quintets'

Video of the Day: Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton perform Schubert’s ‘Shepherd on the Rock’

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
| Gramophone

The recording can be found on their new album of Four Seasons

Opus13 wins 16th Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
| Gramophone

The Final saw three finalists perform complete Beethoven String Quartets

UK orchestral musicians unite to demand streaming royalties reform

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Monday, April 7, 2025
| Gramophone

Artists from over 20 British orchestras join the Musicians’ Union in an urgent appeal to the UK government, warning that streaming’s royalty gap is pushing classical performers to the brink