Gramophone to Expand Web Site and Provide Download Service
Fri May 2, 5:01 PM GMT
According to The New York Times, London-based classical music magazine, Gramophone, which published its first issue in 1923, is expanding its Web site and will eventually feature a download store particularly tailored to the needs of the classical music aficionado.
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Tides Change at the New York Philharmonic
Mon Jan 14, 4:21 PM GMT
According to the New York Times, next season will mark the end of an era for the New York Philharmonic that will see Lorin Maazel take his final bow as the orchestra’s music director and Stanley Drucker as the long-time principal clarinetist.… More…
Karlheinz Stockhausen Dies at 79
Mon Dec 10, 5:20 PM GMT
According to a Reuters release, German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen died last Wednesday, Dec. 5. at his home in North Rhine-Westphalia. He was 79.
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Perlman to Conduct Westchester Philharmonic
Mon Nov 12, 6:10 PM GMT
In a Nov. 12 press release, the Westchester Philharmonic orchestra of White Plains, NY, proudly announced that famed violinist virtuoso and conductor, Itzhak Perlman, has been appointed as the orchestra’s new artistic director beginning with the 2008–2009 season.
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“America’s Music Director” Takes the Helm in Detroit
Tue Oct 9, 8:35 PM GMT
A press conference yesterday at Detroit’s Historic Orchestra hall announced that internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin has been named music director of the Detroit Symphony.
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