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Westfield International Harpsichord competition winners announced
The Westfield Centre has announced the winners of the 2012 International Harpsichord competition. The competition took place at The University of Maryland,
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Early Music Shop to host harp weekend
The Early Music Shop is to host its first Harp Weekend, as part of the Saltaire Festival. The event will include recitals,
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EUBO announces development prize winners
The 2012 winners of the European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO) Development Trust prize have been announced. Lea Rahel Bader and Jean Rondeau were both...
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Thirty-sixth Innsbruck Early Music Festival opens
The Innsbruck Early Music Festival was opened on 8 August by baroque opera enthusiast and crime writer Donna Leon. She based her opening address...
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Fifty Shades of Grey helps The Tallis Scholars top the classical music chart
The Tallis Scholars have reached number one in the UK classical chart with help from an unlikely source – the erotic fiction novel Fifty Shades...
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Early music works feature in concerts for Delphian Records’ birthday
Scottish label Delphian Records is celebrating its tenth birthday as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Founded to promote music created in Scotland during...
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Robert Mealy appointed as director of historical performance
Robert Mealy, a leading US baroque violinist, has been appointed as the director of historical performance at The Juilliard School,
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Winners announced for the NCEM Composers Award 2012
The winners of the NCEM Composers Award 2012 have been announced. The top prizes were awarded to 16-year-old Alex Woolf from Cambridge for Lux...
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Shakespeare sonnets put to music for Cultural Olympiad
The sonnets of Shakespeare have been set to music for the Cultural Olympiad. Using period instruments and styles with modern recording techniques,Read... -
HARNONCOURT RECEIVES ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY GOLD MEDAL
Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt has been awarded a gold medal by The Royal Philharmonic Society. The 82 year old was presented with the prize...