UK luxury shopping brand hops on the Shakespeare bandwagon
High-end department store Selfridges & Co is making its own take on Shakespeare400 next week – through fashion, beauty and food. The Greater Manchester store, located … Read more
Reimagine India comes to fruition
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced the second batch of successful applicants for its Reimagine India cultural exchange programme, established to nurture collaboration between cultural … Read more
Record year for Singapore arts philanthropy
Singapore’s arts sector saw a stunning increase in philanthropy last year, with SGD136.1m (€91.2m) donated – 46 per cent more than in 2014, and a … Read more
Battle of the Somme remembered
Benjamin Ellin’s new composition One Before Zero will be performed at Maison de la Culture in Amiens, France, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the … Read more
Avi Avital’s Instagram Concerto
Thoroughly modern mandolinist Avi Avital has released InstaConcerto, which compresses classical music into the original 15-second format of Instagram. The piece was composed by Avital’s … Read more
Kim and Dreisig victorious at Operalia
South Korean tenor Keon Woo Kim and French soprano Elsa Dreisig have won Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2016 singing contest. Both have done well in big … Read more
Thousands gather for theatre conference
More than 1,100 theatre professionals came together in Washington DC for TCG16 to discuss the future of American theatre. The conference ran from 23-25 June … Read more
Women Conductors joins up with RPS
Women Conductors and Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) have formed a new partnership, with the aim of encouraging more women to become conductors. RPS will use … Read more
Aztec dancers set world record
Festooned in traditional costumes, 260 Aztec and Mexicali dancers have set a new world record for the largest ancient Mexican ceremonial dance. To break the … Read more
Hallé Orchestra reveal pops playlist
Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra has released the set list for its upcoming family-friendly pops concert in the picturesque grounds of Tatton Park. On 30 August the … Read more