Category: News
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BBC Radio 3’s RAJARs Q3 2024: impressive gains or stable figures?
Radio 3 preempt the RAJAR report for Q3 2024 with a press release that hints at figures that underline more stability than dramatic change.
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Earth Unwrapped – a new live music and spoken word series in 2025 dedicated to nature
London live music venue King’s Place announces a new series of concerts exploring the rich interplay between nature and musicians. Starts 19th January.
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Immersive Tech Brings The King’s Singers’ ‘Close Harmony’ Closer
Immersive technology brings The King’s Singers ‘Close Harmony’ album to life, transporting an invited audience across the world.
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Apple Classical Top 100 – the chart that classical musical lovers ‘deserve’
Apple’s new chart of classical music consumption draws on data derived from its own platform.
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Britten Pears Arts CEO Roger Wright receives knighthood
Roger Wright’s knighthood honors his significant influence, leadership, and unwavering support in the music industry.
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Donne’s Equality and Diversity in Global Repertoire report highlights the ongoing gender gap in classical music concert programming
The report calls for a more diverse approach to programming, but are there other factors beyond programming choices that contribute to this gap?
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BBC Proms 2024 programme announced
Composer spotlights, core repertoire, crowd-pleasing classics, and eyebrow-raising pop crossovers, underline a strategy focused on greater audience reach that overly stretches the Proms tagline about it being the greatest classical music festival in the world.
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Andrew Comben announced as new Britten Pears Arts Chief Exec
Andrew Comden takes up the role vacated by Roger Wright in September 2024
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Europe’s bold strategy to shore up UK’s classical music sector revealed
A leaked EBU white paper reveals plans to create a “super-league” of orchestras, empowering audiences to programme, and reintroducing live orchestras to Eurovision.
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Edinburgh International Festival 2024 – a ritual that unites us
The 2024 Edinburgh International Festival, running from August 5 to 25, emphasizes audience engagement and affordability, featuring diverse music, theater, and dance, despite the high costs of local accommodations.