Landmark venue for Saffron Walden
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden’s new state-of-the-art performance venue, will open its doors with a celebratory concert featuring Barbara Hannigan, Mark Padmore and Imogen Cooper. Taking … Read more
Toronto’s World Stage 2014 unveiled
Gender politics, South African apartheid, society’s obsessions with celebrity, even a play starring a basset hound – they’ll all have their place on the World … Read more
New pilot project supports European festivals
A new scheme will promote European festivals, uniting them under one brand in a bid to boost exposure of the cultural vibrancy of the continent. … Read more
Workshop prepares arts professionals for Creative Europe
From next year, the European Union will replace its existing cultural funding programmes with ‘Creative Europe’. Working with a total budget of €1.463bn for 2014-2020, … Read more
Latest award winners from across the arts world
Choreographer and performer Zab Maboungou has received the Charles Biddle Award 2013. The award highlights the contribution of immigrants to the artistic and cultural development … Read more
Arts in Education 2013: how the week unfolded
This week students, schools and cultural organisations across the US have been celebrating National Arts in Education Week, sharing resources, tips and stories. We take … Read more
Latest artist management signings
Konzertdirektion Schmid has signed young conductor Fawzi Haimor (pictured) for general management. He is currently assistant conductor with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Born in Chicago, Lebanese-Filipino Haimor … Read more
Latest appointments from UK arts groups
Following her success as artistic planning manager for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Samantha McShane (pictured) has been appointed head of creative programming at chamber orchestra, Manchester Camerata, which … Read more
Creative Scotland award funding boost
Over GBP700,000 (€819,000) will be distributed to arts and cultural organisations across Scotland, it was announced yesterday. Though the Small Capital Funding Awards set up … Read more
Clore marks 10th anniversary with new leaders
A group of 28 cultural leaders have been chosen to develop their skills and gain new insights into the arts, as part of The Clore … Read more