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The Royal Hunt of the Sun at the Parco Theatre, Tokyo
The 1964 play by Peter Shaffer is heading to the Park Theatre in Tokyo, Japan from March 2020.
Coll's Mural travels to Spain and the UK
The 24-minute orchestral work is an extraordinary achievement
Top tips for GCSE and A-Level Music teachers
Natalie Wild, co-author of The Symphony: From Mannheim to Mahler gives her top tips for approaching set works across the years and teaching the development of the symphony module at A-Level.
Thomas Adès named one of the top ‘Makers of the 21st Century’
It seems that there can be no end to the enormous praise that Thomas Adès’s music receives from audiences. And now, he has been selected as one of the top 100 ‘Makers of the 21st Century’ in The Sunday Times.
Theater an der Wien presents the Austrian premiere of Knussen’s Where the Wild Things Are
Nikolaus Habjan directs new production of Sendak-inspired fantasy opera
Faber Music at the 2025 BBC Proms
World premiere from Tom Coult complemented by music from Thomas Adès, Cassandra Miller, and Vaughan Williams
Torsten Rasch and the Three Choirs Festival
2014 marks the centenary of World War One and in an unusual, yet fitting, step The Three Choirs Festival – an event with a long tradition of nurturing some of Britain’s finest composers, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Delius et al. – has chosen to commission Rasch, a German composer, to commemorate the occasion.
Tansy Davies debuts at the BBC Proms
Davies took audiences on a journey through the Tarot pack with her latest BBC commission. Taking inspiration from this game-like form of psychoanalysis, Wild Card journeys through life’s challenges, exploring the qualities and characters of each card.
Aurora Orchestra premiere Suckling’s The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse
Story by Barnett and Klassen adapted for orchestra and narrator performed at Southbank Centre
Faber Composers at the 2017 BBC Proms
A Tom Coult premiere opens the festival, with works by Hillborg, Adès and Coll also featured.
The Tempest at Teatro alla Scala
Thomas Adès makes house conducting debut in Robert Lepage's production of 2003 opera
Takács to Premiere Vine’s Fourth Quartet
Carl Vine has recently completed his String Quartet No 4, a Musica Viva Australia commission to mark his own 50th birthday. The 15-minute work will be premiered by the renowned Takács Quartet on a 9-date tour of all the Australian state capitals, commencing in Perth on 22 November and ending in Melbourne on 6 December.
Looking ahead to 2022: Dominic Muldowney turns 70
significant anniversary year for ground-breaking composer
Musical habits to track in 2024
Build good practice habits for 2024 with our list of recommendations and free habit tracker templates.
Top Of The Lake Series 2 - Thursdays BBC2 - Composer Mark Bradshaw
New series of Top Of The Lake airs on BBC 2, starring Elisabeth Moss and Nicole Kidman. Music by media composer Mark Bradshaw.
Tom Coult's St John's Dance opens 2017 Proms
Coult's latest orchestral piece revelas ' a very individual voice'
Shanghai Ballet tour Davis’ The Lady of the Camellias to Queensland
Celebrated Derek Deane choreography appears in Brisbane
Adès premieres The Tempest Symphony in Dresden
London Symphony Orchestra perform work based on 2004 opera at Kulturpalast
How to teach scales effectively
Hear from our author and composer Karen Marshall on some of her tips for teaching scales effectively
The Symphony From Mannheim to Mahler: a guide to the development of the symphony
Available to buy now, Faber Music has published The Symphony: From Mannheim to Mahler by Christopher Tarrant and Natalie Wild.
Paul Harris's thoughts on practice in these unprecedented times
Personal Bests and Mini Outcomes: Some thoughts on your pupils’ practice from educationalist Paul Harris
New Horn Trio by Tansy Davies, Grand Mutation, to Receive British and French Broadcasts
Davies' new horn trio will be a part of sound festival's online performances, as well as radio broadcasts in UK and France.
Adès receives the 2015 Léonie Sonning Music Prize
Adès joins Britten, Kurtág, Messiaen and Stravinsky as a recipient of the prestigious award.
George Benjamin to write third opera
Following the success of their first two operas (Into the Little Hill and Written on Skin), George Benjamin and Martin Crimp are already looking to the future and it has been announced that the pair are to write a third opera to be premiered at the Royal Opera House in Spring 2018.