Sing in the shower to Fanny Mendelssohn
A musician and composer from the Netherlands has launched her own special range of composer shower curtains, mugs, T-shirts, duvets and more. Manchester-based Cellist Margit … Read more
Classical Music
Menuhin Competition to celebrate centenary in London 2016
The ‘Olympics’ of the violin world will be hosted London in April 2016 as it celebrates Yehudi Menuhin’s centenary. Some 44 of the world’s most … Read more
Manchester Camerata enhances board with three new appointments
UK-based ensemble Manchester Camerata continues its impressive growth strategy for 2015-16 with the appointment of three new board members to its team. New elected Camerata board … Read more
Marin Alsop to leave Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
After 25 years promoting pioneering music Marin Alsop is stepping down as music director of Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (CFCM). Alsop has overseen almost … Read more
Deutsche Grammophon announce new President
Dr Clemens Trautmann has been appointed to one of the top jobs in the classical record business, becoming president at Deutsche Grammophon (DG). The multi-talented … Read more
Southbank Centre: September classical highlights
Launching the UK’s first Black and Minority Ethnic orchestra as part of Africa Utopia, Chineke! Orchestra (pictured, above) is the brainchild of leading double bassist Chi-chi … Read more
Without Walls: Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Celina Chin, executive director at HKCO, on her plans to move Chinese repertoire forward As the orchestra’s executive director Celina Chin explains, it’s not just … Read more
The Sound of Music: acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota
Yasuhisa Toyota is chief acoustician and US company president of Nagata Acoustics, the celebrated Japanese giants of global concert hall sound design. IAM caught up with … Read more
Joyce DiDonato elected to Carnegie board
World-renowned Kansas-born opera luminary Joyce DiDonato has been elected as a member of Carnegie Hall’s board of trustees, in a move that follows her hugely … Read more
Netherlands Bach Society take on All of Bach
On the surface of it, the Netherlands Bach Society (NBS) has a simple goal: to perform the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and to share it … Read more