The European Youth Orchestra has been driven from London as a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU. It will now be based in Rome and in the…

Arts Council England has just announced its portfolio organisations that will receive funding over the next four years.  A greater percentage of money than in previous years will be used to fund…

Musicians looking for rays of soft Brexit hope following Theresa May’s disastrous election last week might reflect on the fact that far from softening Brexit, it may have produced something…

The Royal Philharmonic Society announced their music awards yesterday evening at The Brewery in the City of London. The awards celebrate live music-making and recognise outstanding musical achievement in the UK during…

In Philadelphia, a project to reanimate over 1,000 broken instruments owned by the school district is reaching its latter stages.  The project is the brainchild of Robert Blackson, Director of…

I am currently spending a few days as an observer at the International Musicological Society’s 20th Annual Congress (19th–23rd March) in Tokyo, partly to provide company to my partner, who…

The PRS has just announced the twelve UK composers who will receive funding ‘to enable them to realise projects and ambitions that may not be possible through traditional commissioning models.’…

On December 2nd Valery Gergiev will give the 'world premiere' of Stravinky's Funeral Song.The piece, which was performed just once before being lost, was decribed by the composer as "The best…

From the King's website: The composer of this year's commissioned Christmas carol is British composer Michael Berkeley, who has set to music a the traditional 15th century Christmas text This Endernight.…

Four visual artists and three composers have just been announced as recipients of the £50,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award. 'Awards for Artists was launched in 1994 and are the largest individual awards…