Composer, John Rutter knighted in King’s Birthday Honours

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
| Choir and Organ

The 78 year-old composer was previously given a CBE in 2007 for services to music

Mid Wales Opera misses vital funding from the Arts Council of Wales

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Monday, October 2, 2023
| Opera Now

Funding for opera in Wales sees a decrease in funding of over £600,000

Garsington Opera announces 2024 season

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Thursday, October 26, 2023
| Opera Now

The Oxfordshire-based company will stage five operas and opens its new facility, Garsington Studios

International Piano: introducing the January/February 2024 issue, featuring Behzod Abduraimov

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Friday, December 22, 2023
| International Piano

Behzod Abduraimov: championing his Uzbek roots | Krystian Zimerman: making a statement with Szymanowski

Judith Weir opera to open 2024 Aldeburgh Festival

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
| Opera Now

Celebrating her 70th birthday in 2024, Dame Judith Weir's opera Blond Eckbert marks the start of the Suffolk new music festival

Shortlists unveiled for RPS awards

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
| Gramophone

RPS Awards to be held in Manchester

John Eliot Gardiner aiming to return 'later in the year'

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
| Opera Now

Conductor of the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra extends his time away following assaulting a singer last summer

LPO to premiere four-part documentary series on Sky Arts

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
| Gramophone

New documentary ‘Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra’ to hit TV screens on 13 March

Classic FM announces opera star as new radio host

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
| Opera Now

British-Italian singer, Freddie De Tommaso will join the line-up of presenters on the classical music broadcaster

Applications for The Honens International Piano Competition are now open

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
| International Piano

The Canada-based competition will begin with quarter finals in New York and Berlin

Sir Andrew Davis: Obituary

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Friday, April 26, 2024
| Choir and Organ

Remembering the impressive and varied career of the organist and conductor

Britten Pears Arts announces £13.4 million investment programme

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
| Gramophone

Delivered over three years, the programme aims to enhance lives and improve health through creativity

Introducing the Summer 2024 issue of Choir & Organ, featuring Masaaki and Masato Suzuki

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Monday, May 13, 2024
| Choir and Organ

Masaaki and Masato Suzuki: a shared connection with Bach | Gustav Holst: exploring the composer’s choral legacy on his 150th anniversary

Opera at the BBC Proms 2023

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
| Opera Now

A stand-out complete performance of Berlioz’s The Trojans comes on 3 September, bringing this five-act opera back to the UK for the first time in over 10 years

Gustavo Dudamel to leave Paris Opera

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
| Opera Now

The announcement comes two years into an intended six year tenure