For the first time in its history the BBC Proms season will be opened and closed by female conductors, as the festival moves towards gender equality. The opening and closing nights will be led by […]
Dapper and sagacious, Ahmad Jamal may have looked more like a UN delegate than a jazz musician, but he was recognised as a truly great jazz artist by some of the music’s most notable pioneers. […]
Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his bestselling interpretation of “Poinciana,” has died, according […]
Ahmad Jamal, pictured in 2016. Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images Ahmad Jamal, pictured in 2016. Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images For most jazz performers, a song […]
Photo Credit: Tommy Diner Amid classical’s much-publicized streaming expansion, digital sheet music startup Enote has announced the “first closing” of a nearly $11 million pre-Series A round. Berlin-headquartered Enote, which arrived on the scene in […]
I began playing harp at 11 and the traditional path to follow with the instrument was the classical music one, where all the players I saw or studied were white. I found it quite an […]
Photo Credit: Marius Masalar Wise Music Group acquires a controlling interest in classical publisher Edition Peters Group, one of the world’s oldest and most prominent music publishing organizations. Wise Music Group has announced the acquisition of […]
Thomas Bangalter, half of the former Daft Punk duo, composed the score for the ballet Mythologies, choreographed by fellow Frenchman Angelin Preljocaj. Jean-Claude Carbonne/Biz 3 hide caption toggle caption Jean-Claude Carbonne/Biz 3 Thomas Bangalter, half […]
On 31 May 1926, a ship carrying the entire Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra docked in Reykjavík. The musicians stayed in Iceland for 17 days, giving 14 concerts of music by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert at venues […]
Ryuichi Sakamoto was not a man cut out to be a pop star. As a teenager, he liked the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but his abiding passion was New York’s underground avant garde art […]
Ray Shulman, a co-founding member and bassist of the influential prog-rock band Gentle Giant, has died at the age of 73. According to his brother and bandmate, Derek, Ray passed away on March 30th after […]
Maciek Jasik/Courtesy of the artist Maciek Jasik/Courtesy of the artist Kate Davis’ new album Fish Bowl is told from the perspective of a protagonist named FiBo. “In my mind, she’s kind of like this dimension […]
Photo Credit: Apple Nearly two years after Apple revealed plans to roll out a classical music service, the standalone streaming platform has officially become available for download. The Cupertino-headquartered company, which bought Primephonic back in […]
Frédéric Chopin as depicted in one of the Apple Music Classical composer portraits. Photo Credit: Apple An Apple Music Classical (AMC) page is officially live on the App Store ahead of the long-awaited platform’s expected […]
New York City’s Greenwich Village has always been a magnet for outsiders, artists and poets. In 1963, one of those types was Bob Dylan, a kid from Minnesota who had felt the pull of the […]
Photo Credit: Christian Wiediger Roughly 10 weeks after announcing plans to lay off north of 18,000 employees, Amazon has revealed that it intends “to eliminate about 9,000 more positions in the next few weeks” – […]
Photo Credit: Manuel Nägeli About one week after the formal announcement of Apple Music Classical, Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially acquired British classical label Hyperion Records. The Big Three label revealed its latest buyout […]
Photo Credit: Naxos Naxos Records has recently been awarded Label of the Year by the 2023 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The following comes from Naxos China, a company DMN is proud to be partnering […]
Photo Credit: Samuel Sianipar After nearly two years of speculation, Apple Music Classical has officially been announced, and the standalone service will become available to subscribers later in March. Apple revealed its classical music streaming […]
Photo Credit: Musicians’ Union The Musicians’ Union vows to fight job cuts at BBC Symphony, BBC Concert, BBC Philharmonic, and BBC Singers. The Musicians’ Union (MU) is in urgent talks with the BBC to save jobs after […]