Category: News
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Campaigning for music: UK orchestras go door to door in new audience drive
Free taster tickets offered to potential audience members across the UK, but not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.
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Here’s why it makes sense that BBC Proms and BBC Radio 3 is not available internationally
Radio 3 and the BBC Proms has to be paid for by something for goodness sake
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Royal Over-Seas League Gold Medal Finalists announced
Four finalists are now confirmed for the Royal Over-Seas League Gold Medal on 18 July in Wigmore Hall, the culmination of the 73rd competition run this year.
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Imogen Holst’s Aldeburgh home awarded Grade II listed status
Imo’s modest retreat with its rich musical legacy—now officially recognised.
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Fairfield Halls: is it being sold or not?
How speculation became ‘fact’: Fairfield Halls uncertain future might not be all we think it is.
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BBC Radio 3’s RAJARs Q4 2024 sees dip in listeners
The next set of RAJARs have been published today — figures that track numbers of listeners to live radio. It comes with a characteristically opaque statement from the BBC Press Office hinting at how listener figures for BBC Radio 3 have gone down since the previous quarter’s results. Social media posts from the radio network…
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Vanessa Reed announced as new RLPO Chief Exec
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society is delighted to announce that it has appointed Vanessa Reed as its new Chief Executive. She will take up the position on 2 June 2025.
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Shortlist announced for the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards
The RPS Awards shortlist is out—celebrating the best in UK classical music, from instrumentalists to composers..
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76th Aldeburgh Festival programme announced with premieres from Daniel Kidane, Helen Grime and Gavin Higgins
Programming details for next year’s Aldeburgh Festival (13th – 29th June 2025) sees a series of commissions that underline the reputations of many British composers whose names form an important part of the UK’s classical music scene.
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Errollyn Wallen, Gavin Bryars and Roxanna Panufnik celebrated at Ivors Classical Music Awards 2024
Wallen, Bryars and Panufnik receive prestigious awards in a ceremony that saw Gavin Higgins win Best Orchestral Composition for his horn concerto.