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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

| Gramophone

In the summer of 2025, musicians will unite in the city for one of the most wide-ranging, comprehensive and star-studded festivals of Shostakovich’s music ever convened

Monteverdi Festival 2024 – where everything was born and is now reborn

Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Opera Now

The Monteverdi Festival blends tradition and innovation, celebrating Monteverdi, his operas, his extraordinary music and his legacy in the vibrant city of Cremona

Exploring Schumann's chamber music

Blogs

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| Gramophone

Pianist Théo Fouchenneret introduces two new recordings in the Schumann Collection: ‘Works With Wind Instruments’ and ‘Trios and Quartet For Piano and Strings (live)’

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 29, ‘Hammerklavier’, Op 106. Chopin: Piano Sonata No 2, Op 35 (Beatrice Rana)

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

These two performances are definitely worth hearing though they won’t be to all tastes

Poulenc: Piano Music (Chiara Cipelli)

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Cipelli understands the disarming simplicity typifying each piece in the Villageoises suite

Ireland, You’re My Home

Friday, May 10, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Olivier Awards recognises achievements in London Opera

Monday, April 15, 2024

| Opera Now

Royal Opera House holds a royal flush at the award ceremony

Why do some musicians move us while others do not?

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

Charivari compares and contrasts two pianistic greats who are sadly no longer with us, and wonders why he is moved by some performers and not by others

Classic Violin Olympus Preselection Phase Nears Halfway Mark; Four Contestants Through to Grand Finale

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| Gramophone

With two of the six preliminary contests already behind us, the inaugural Classic Violin Olympus International Competition continues to gather steam

Review - Bronsart and Henselt Piano Concertos (Paul Wee)

Friday, May 24, 2024

| International Piano

‘Wee is the man for the moment, no obstacle insurmountable’

ENO announces new season

Thursday, May 16, 2024

| Gramophone

Two new productions appear alongside revivals and semi-staged performances at the London Coliseum

ABO launches major campaign

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

| Gramophone

The three-year campaign, launched in partnership with industry voices including Classic FM, LIVE, UK Music, the MU, ISM and Classical Music magazine, celebrates the power and value of classical music

Bristol Beacon announces 2024/25 Orchestral Programme

Thursday, June 6, 2024

| Gramophone

Major orchestras and artists will visit the west-country for performances starting in October

Video of the Day: The Choir of Holy Sepulchre sing Samuel Wesley 'O God, whose Nature and Property'