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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

Brexit is not the only European issue that British composers should be thinking about right now. You may have seen, especially from platforms such as YouTube, a concerted action against…

Congratulations to this year’s British Composer Award winners, who were announced in a ceremony at the British Museum last night. There were twelve categories, with the winners as follows: Amateur or Young…