Review of 2019
Another year of political turmoil, the deaths of André Previn and Michel Legrand, awards, premieres and festivals. Here’s C:T’s exclusive look back at another year in contemporary music…. January C:T…
2019 Ivors Academy Composer Awards Announced
Yesterday evening the Ivors Academy announced the winners of the 2019 Ivors Composer Awards. Ivor Novello Awards were presented across eleven nominated categories that included jazz composition, works for chamber…
No Deal Brexit Guidance for Musicians
On Wednesday the Incorporated Society of Musicians called upon the government to cover any post-Brexit costs associated with travelling to the EU27/EEA if there is a no deal Brexit. They estimated that…
Borough New Music closes its doors
It was sad to see today that Borough New Music, whose season finished at the end of last month, has announced that it has no plans to continue. Though a relative…
Gender Inequality in Concert Performances—2019/20 Report
Last year I reported on the work by UK record label Drama Musica and its project partner DONNE, Women in Music, who conducted a gender balance study of the 2018/19 orchestral season…
New report into the effects of Brexit on the music profession
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has released a new report entitled ‘Impact of Brexit on Musicians’: The main findings were: -Almost 50% of respondents identified an impact on their…
Notre-Dame organ is saved, but questions remain about the stability of the building
It seems that the majestic Cavaille-Coll organ at Notre Dame has emerged from the dreadful conflagration relatively unscathed. Vincent Dubois, the organist titulaire, said ‘It’s a miracle! The most recent news, a priori,…
Boris Johnson Ignites an Article 13 Twitter Storm
Boris Johnson today reacted to the EU’s passing of Article 13, its new copyright law designed to protect content creators, including composers: https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1110812485081333760?s=20 This produced a backlash from a number of…
Streetwise Opera Appoints Hannah Conway as Artistic Director
Hannah Conway will join Streetwise Opera, a charitable organisation that runs programmes for the homeless, from April 2017. She replaces founder Matt Peacock, who will leave the company for With One Voice,…
John Rutter Receives the European Church Music Prize 2019
The German city of Schwäbisch Gmünd has awarded John Rutter the €5000 European Church Music Prize. Their citation commended him for ‘his great contributions to the field of clerical music: John Rutter…
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