Classical music & opera
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Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Mark Elder write open letter about challenges musicians face
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Collaboration with BBC will see three concerts live-streamed; Abbey Road reopens; and BBC announces its first remote access documentary featuring the Kanneh-Mason
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Isserlis/Rushdie Momen review – joyful music making
5 out of 5 stars.
People
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The pianist on how his Twitter concerts became an internet sensation, his fears for the future of live music – and life in lockdown Berlin
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The US-born musician, 38, will take up the role at the London Philharmonic in September
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From Kubrick to Aphex Twin, Lynch to Radiohead, the Polish composer’s otherworldly sounds have inspired musicians and soundtracked some of cinema’s most haunting moments
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Picasso wrote: ‘Music and art are the guiding lights of the world.’ But do you know how much the two are interlinked?
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Musicians and performing groups face a bleak future as the coronavirus shutdown has meant earnings evaporated overnight. Will the industry ever recover?
Guides
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Tom Service introduces 50 composers from the contemporary classical music scene
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Tom Service's survey of the 50 symphonies that changed classical music
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