WFIMC general assembly to open in Armenia
The World Federation of International Music Competitions’ (WFIMC) 60th General Assembly gets underway in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday. The Geneva-based group represents over 115 music … Read more
Spotlight on jazz composers in 2017
The £10,000 (€12,572) Arts Foundation Award, in partnership with PRS for Music Foundation, will this year recognise jazz composers representative of the UK scene. The … Read more
British Council boosts arts output
The British Council has unveiled a new arts strategy and a GBP30m (€38.3m) Cultural Protection Fund that it hopes will boost the reach of British … Read more
Edinburgh Fringe launches 2016 programme
Edinburgh Fringe has launched its full programme for 2016, and once again the statistics are staggering. More than 50,000 performances of 3,269 shows will take … Read more
Sky Arts sign up for Ring Cycle
Television programmes tend to be short, and often aimed at those with an attention span that can be measured in seconds rather than hours. So … Read more
Modigliani Quartet drink in Evian
Modigliani Quartet will take charge of Rencontres Musicales d’Evian [Evian Musical Encounters] for a third year in 2016, with the festival promising ‘a reminder of … Read more
There’s a buzz around Leipzig Opera
Leipzig Opera has become the latest institution to install its very own bee colony – 50 metres up from street level. The bees moved into … Read more
Quartet claim Cambridge
Cambridge University has appointed Ligeti Quartet has the holders of its first ever Chamber Music Residency. The residency is funded by Radcliffe Trust and Homerton … Read more
Theatre could be flush with cash
Kings Theatre in Portsmouth could soon be flush with cash after it launched a new crowd-funding campaign to improve its toilets. The ‘give pounds to … Read more
Askonas Holt signs Chiaroscuro Quartet
Askonas Holt has announced it is to handle the general management of period ensemble Chiaroscuro Quartet. Formed in 2005, Chiaroscuro Quartet comprises violinists Alina Ibragimova (Russia) and Pablo … Read more