Shakespeare400 creator wins Globe’s top prize
Gordon McMullan, professor of English at King’s College London and an IAM contributor, has won the 2016 Sam Wanamaker Award – Shakespeare’s Globe’s most prestigious … Read more
Maxwell Davies’ final work is an opera for kids
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ final completed composition will receive its world premiere in London later this month. The Hogboon is an opera for children, based … Read more
Lang Lang to make New Zealand debut
Lang Lang will make his New Zealand recital debut, 12 years after the Chinese pianist first played in the country with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra … Read more
Queen Elisabeth Competition winners announced
Belgium’s grand dame of the music competition scene has announced its winners for 2016. Some 82 pianists were selected to compete in the first round of … Read more
Yannick Nézet-Séguin named as Metropolitan Opera’s new music director
The 41-year-old conductor will become only the third music director in the history of the Met The Metropolitan Opera announced Yannick Nézet-Séguin as the company’s … Read more
Want to win the lottery? Become an arts council.
Arts Council England is again one of the National Lottery’s few winners, thanks to an increase in digital sales. ACE’s total lottery receipts now stands … Read more
Adelaide Guitar Festival announced
Over 300 performers will take part in Adelaide Guitar Festival (AGF) 2016, which runs 11-14 August. Highlights include concerts by Ricardo Gallén, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Genevieve … Read more
Metro users soothed by classical music
Metro users in Bengaluru [Bangalore], India, are to be serenaded on their way to work by classical music. Speakers in all stations on the metro … Read more
Ensemble Resonanz win Classical:NEXT award
Germany’s Ensemble Resonanz has won the 2016 Classical:NEXT Innovation Award for its project Urban String, which sees classical music set in a club atmosphere. Urban … Read more
Good news for performing arts in New Zealand
Things have been pretty bleak for Australian arts recently, but there is some good news for its antipodean neighbour New Zealand: three of its main … Read more