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  • Michael Krall named 90.9 WGUC classical music director / Cincinnati Public Radio
    Posted At: April 16, 2024
    The New York native has 25 years of experience in radio programming, as well as hosting classical music on five stations.Cincinnati Public Radio's John Kiesewetter writes….Michael Krall’s love of classical music, which began by attending symphony concerts at a young age with his father, carried through his college years when he hosted a Saturday morning classical music show known for its alternative music f...

  • ECM's March 'Luminessence Vinyl' reissues series makes JAZZIZ - The Week in Jazz
    Posted At: March 11, 2024
    Luminessence, ECM’s new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label’s deep catalogue in elegant, high-quality editions. The hallmarks of the series: original and evocative music, imaginatively played and sensitively produced. The recordings underline the scope and variety of ECM’s world of sound and the LPs are presented in different formats.The series featu...

  • Portland Jazz Festival brings top musicians to Seattle area this month / 88.5KNKX
    Posted At: February 14, 2024
    88.5KNKX - Abe Beeson writes…..The Portland Jazz Festival begins Friday and will bring a few modern jazz stars for Seattle concerts as wellThe annual Portland Jazz Festival returns Friday running through March 2, brightening dark winter days with the living force of live performance. Artists playing festival concerts in Portland often find time for a show in the Seattle area and the New Cool has the scoop.J...

  • Music will soon soar from 'All Classical Radio's' new skyscraper home / RADIOWORLD
    Posted At: February 12, 2024
    With the help of a generous benefactor, classical music — and classical music lovers — will soon have a new home in Portland, Ore.RADIOWORLD's ELLE KEHRES writes…..All Classical Radio, KQAC(FM), has received the largest grant in the station’s 40-year history. The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Wash., has gifted $750,000 in support of the network’s relocation campaign. Now, All Classical Radio i...

  • Crossover Media projects pick up 14, 2024 GRAMMY nominations
    Posted At: November 10, 2023
    Crossover Media Projects have picked up 14 , 2024 GRAMMY Nominations. Here's the list linking to pages.Best Jazz PerformanceSamara Joy - TightBest Alternative Jazz AlbumArooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily - Love in ExileBest Musical Theater AlbumShuckedBest Global Music PerformanceArooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - Shadow ForcesBest New Age, Ambient, or Chant AlbumÓlafur Arnalds - Some Kin...

  • FIRSTSHOWING.NET reveals trailer for 'Pianoforte' which follows legendary International Chopin Piano Competition
    Posted At: October 25, 2023
    FIRSTSHOWING.NET's Alex Billington writes……"They train their whole lives…" Greenwich Ent. has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film called Pianoforte, made by Polish filmmaker Jakub Piatek. This initially premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it received a warm reception during the fest. The film is a fly-on-the-wall profile of young pianists taking part in the ...

  • Ed Sheeran reveals Elgar's 'Enigma Variations' as inspiration behind new album / CLASSIC fM
    Posted At: August 25, 2023
    Ed Sheeran reveals Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’ as inspiration behind new albumCLASSIC fM's Maddy Shaw Roberts writes……Pop hitmaker Ed Sheeran says his new album is inspired by his 20th century musical namesake, Edward Elgar.Sheeran has revealed that the tracklist of his new album, titled Autumn Variations, is inspired by Elgar’s famed Enigma Variations, a set of 14 musical sketches the English composer wrot...

  • Classical California's KUSC - Los Angeles host: Brisa Siegel selected as Current: 'Rising Star in Public Media'
    Posted At: August 1, 2023
    Brisa Siegel, Classical California KUSC Host and Digital Content Creator and now one of Current’s Rising Stars in Public MediaKUSC Staff writes….We’re thrilled to announce that our very own Classical California KUSC Host and Digital Content Creator, Brisa Siegel, has been selected by Current in their first cohort of Rising Stars in Public Media! The program was created to highlight early and mid-career empl...

  • The Official Album of the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: May 15, 2023
    When Their Majesties King Charles III & Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey the service, and pre-service music, was exclusively recorded and released by Decca Records the very same day. The Official Album of the Coronation, to take place on Saturday 6th May 2023, will include all music and spoken word from the global event and will feature an official photograph from the day as cover art. Th...

  • GBH Music and JazzBoston celebrate the life of Eric Jackson with free concert on International Jazz Day
    Posted At: April 10, 2023
    GBH - Meredith Nierman writes…..GBH Music, in collaboration with JazzBoston, celebrates the life and talent of the late legendary jazz host Eric Jackson with "PEACE: The Concert for Eric Jackson," a free concert at GBH's Calderwood Studio on International Jazz Day, Sunday, April 30. Jazz fans worldwide can RSVP to a free virtual stream of the concert at 4 pm ET via the GBH Music website. Tickets to the in-p...

  • What Cate Blanchett's 'Tar' gets right, and wrong about classical music / inews
    Posted At: January 24, 2023
    From beta-blockers to Beethoven, Todd Field’s character study unlocks an industry often left in the shadowsinews - Emily Bootle writes….There is an eternal question asked of workplace dramas: is this really what it’s like? From the women’s magazines of the early-2000s romantic comedies to the mid-century ad-glamour of Mad Men to the sex, drugs and rock’n’roll of the finance industry in The Wolf of Wall Stre...

  • FUV's Bob Sherman ends 'Woody's Children'
    Posted At: January 18, 2023
    90.1WFUV Kara Manning writes…WFUV's Bob Sherman, the much-loved host of "Woody's Children," has announced the end of his influential contemporary and historic folk show after nearly 24 years on WFUV — and prior to that, over 30 years on WQXR. The final two episodes of "Woody's Children" on WFUV will air on Sunday, January 22, and Sunday, January 29, from 4-5 p.m., EST, on 90.7FM, also streaming at WFUV.org....

  • What makes that song swing? Physicists unravel a jazz mystery / NPR
    Posted At: January 18, 2023
    NPR's Maria Godoy writes…Swing is an essential component of nearly all kinds of jazz music. Physicists think that subtle nuances in the timing of soloists are key to creating that propulsive swing feel. For nearly a century, jazz musicians and scholars have debated the answer to a musical mystery. As legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once put it, "What is this thing called swing?"Swing has long been ...

  • The Apollo and WNYC announce 17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration / The New York Amsterdam News
    Posted At: January 11, 2023
    The New York Amsterdam News writes….WNYC and The Apollo present the 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, “MLK–Blueprint for the Culture,” programmed as part of The Apollo’s Uptown Hall series, on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 3 p.m.Live and in-person for the first time since the pandemic, this annual co-production between two of New York City’s leading media and cultural institutions has become the...

  • Winter JazzFest set for more than 14 venues from Harlem to the West Village and Brooklyn / New York Amsterdam News
    Posted At: January 5, 2023
    January equals Winter JazzFestNew York Amsterdam News - Ron Scott writes……The tenor saxophonist and composer Dexter Gordon, in his debonaire manner, once said, “Jazz made New York a swinging affair.” Today, Gordon’s words have blossomed into the New York Winter JazzFest, to be held this year from January 12–18 with performances at more than 14 venues from Harlem to the West Village and Brooklyn. The event h...

  • HM Queen Elizabeth II: The Commemorative Album is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: December 12, 2022
    Decca Records is privileged to announce the release of a brand new album to commemorate in music the life, times and passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.The poignant collection, meticulously curated, features music from key moments of the Queen’s life and reign: her wedding, coronation, and jubilees; hymns and anthems heard at national events such as Remembrance Sunday and the Last Night of the Proms;...

  • 'Classical California' reflects broader diversity in classical music with Nuestra Musica, hosted by Brisa Siegel / The Current
    Posted At: November 15, 2022
    The Current's Abby Turner writes….Classical California is aiming to reflect broader diversity in classical music with Nuestra Música, a new stream in both Spanish and English that highlights Latin-influenced pieces within the format.Classical California’s stations, KUSC in Los Angeles and KDFC in San Francisco, already include Latin-influenced music on their broadcasts. But by offering a stream through its ...

  • IT'S FINALLY OUT: TAR (MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE) / gawker
    Posted At: October 21, 2022
    Midnights this, The Loneliest Time that: I’m only listening to one new album by a unproblematic queen today and that’s TÁR (MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE) (which is Todd Field’s TÁR, by the way).During the Q&A after the New York Film Festival screening of TÁR, Cate Blanchett shared that she, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, cellist Sophie Kauer, a handful of other artists and soloists, and t...

  • KJAZZ' Saul and Stephanie Levine, accept Leonard Feather Award at Los Angeles Jazz Society Tribute / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: October 11, 2022
    BroadwayWorld's Blair Ingenthron writes….Los Angeles Jazz Society's annual Jazz Tribute Concert and Awards are a celebration of jazz and its talented musicians who have made this extraordinary music their life's passion. This year's edition, hosted by KJAZZ's Rhonda Hamilton, will feature over 90 minutes of musical tributes, honoring the likes of Rickey Minor, Ledisi, and Bill Holman at the Montalban Theatr...

  • 'Fragments' is a collection of Erik Satie's notoriously willful keyboard music re-envisioned by electronic artists / CD Hotlist
    Posted At: October 1, 2022
    Fragments project pays homage to Satie with collection of reworks by  some of today’s most original creative talents. The album begins by focusing on the music of eccentric French genius Erik Satie, forefather of modern minimalism and an enduring influence almost a century after his death. The Satie series kicks off in style with a rework by Berlin-based duo TWO LANES, known for music rich in both acou...

  • MOVIEWEB ranks 'The Best Movies About Classical Music'
    Posted At: September 23, 2022
    These cinematic composers' performances are music to our ears.MOVIEWEB's BRENT WIGGINS writes…..Movies lend themselves to artistic visions. The camera lens follows, captures, releases, and follows a story again and again. Moving pictures are poetry in motion that keep our attention through their dreamscape and hellscape. Awake for the life flashing before our eyes, we become engrossed in a second life and a...

  • San Francisco Conservatory of Music adds a record label to its portfolio / San Francisco Chronicle
    Posted At: May 9, 2022
    San Francisco Chronicle's Joshua Kosman writes….The San Francisco Conservatory of Music has acquired the classical record label Pentatone Music, in a move designed to make it easier for the school’s students and affiliated artists to create and release high-quality digital recordings.The deal, announced Monday, May 9, marks the Conservatory’s second high-profile corporate acquisition in less than two years....

  • Concert between explosions provides respite in Kharkiv subway shelter / The Washington Post
    Posted At: March 27, 2022
    Musicians play for people staying in a subway station used as a bomb shelter in Kharkiv on March 26. The Washington Post's Meryl Kornfield and Adela Suliman write….In a Ukrainian city hit hard by Russia’s invasion, five musicians brought their instruments underground — seeking to drown out the thunderous explosions with their violins, cello and bass for those taking shelter in the subway. The conflict ...

  • Watch World Piano Day 2022 virtual festival / udiscovermusic.
    Posted At: March 23, 2022
    Celebrate World Piano Day 2022 by watching Deutsche Grammophon’s virtual festival featuring some of the greatest pianists of all time.udiscovermusic. - Sharon Kelly writes….Deutsche Grammophon will present its third international virtual festival to celebrate World Piano Day on 29 March 2022. This year, rather than just a one-day festival, the comprehensive programme opening on 24 March and ending on 29 Mar...

  • FAR OUT features; David Gilmour's favourite songs
    Posted At: March 17, 2022
    Pink Floyd Playlist: The songs that soundtracked David Gilmour's lifeFAR OUT's Joe Taysom writes….Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has lived an action-packed life, one that has been full of jaw-dropping highs. However, alongside those moments of joy, plentiful excruciating lows have followed, incidents that the musician has been forced to deal with while navigating across his journey of musical exploration.While ...

  • 59 EBU classical channels in Europe and beyond promote peace with broadcast of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
    Posted At: March 10, 2022
    On 10 March 2022, 59 EBU classical channels in Europe and beyond gave powerful and meaningful airtime to promote peace as a testament to the human spirit. They came together to broadcast part or all of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.Inspired by an initiative from Radio Romania, an EBU Member, this transmission was heard in 33 countries at various moments of the day, in many different versions of the same work wit...

  • Classical Austin launches 'Draylen Mason Composer-In-Residence' with Dallas-based composer: Quinn Mason
    Posted At: February 28, 2022
    KMFA Classical 89.5 announces launch of the Draylen Mason Composer-in-Residence program with the Dallas-based, rising composer Quinn Mason named as the inaugural commissioned composer. Mason will spend the week of February 21-25 in residence with KMFA in Austin, Texas.With classical music historically dominated by white (mostly male) composers, performers, and managers, works of composers of color and other...

  • More details emerge about Apple Music's upcoming 'Classical' app, / The Music Network
    Posted At: February 24, 2022
    The Music Network's Christie Eliezer writes…..The arrival of Apple Music’s dedicated classical music app might not be too far away. It’s been on the cards since last August when the Cupertino tech giant bought classical music streaming service Primephonic. The plan was to incorporate its best features – in particular search and discover – in Apple Music with Lossless and Spatial Audio, and also issue a dedi...

  • SiriusXM: Symphony Hall & Philadelphia's 90.1WRTI celebrate Mozart's 266th birthday
    Posted At: January 26, 2022
    SiriusXM Symphony Hall and Philadelphia's 90.1WRTI celebrate Mozart 266th birthday. Tomorrow'sThursday 01/27 Birthday Bash will air on SiriusXM Symphony Hall from 6:00am to midnight (ET). They will play all of Mozart's major works - his Requiem, Symphonies, Piano Concertos, chamber works and much more!90.1: WRTI, Philadelphia's Classical and Jazz Source is celebrating the the wunderkind from Salzburg, born ...

  • 89.3KZUM: The Afternoon Groove chats with master engineer; Jim Anderson
    Posted At: January 19, 2022
    Tom Ineck, host of Nebraska’s 89.3 KZUM: Afternoon Groove' program was over the moon when he recently got the chance to do an in depth interview with master engineer; Jim Anderson. Tom said….“Jim, I'm knocked out by your discography. It's an astonishing body of work. Forgive me for not knowing the extent. You must rival or exceed Rudy Van Gelder for the sheer number of recordings. On my Thursday "Afternoon ...

  • Esa-Pekka Salonen and S.F. Symphony explore Ligetis music online / San Francisco Chronicle
    Posted At: January 18, 2022
    The San Francisco Chronicle's Joshua Kosman writes……The San Francisco Chronicle's Joshua Kosman  writes……The music of the Hungarian-born modernist composer György Ligeti came into the public consciousness with the 1968 release of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” for which director Stanley Kubrick had used some of his scores for the sound track. Just as Strauss’ tone poem “Also Sprach Zarathustra” became associ...

  • Sarah Cahill champions the female composer / SFCV Q&A
    Posted At: December 13, 2021

    SFCV - Jason Victor Serinus writes.....Born in Washington, D.C., pianist, teacher, lecturer, radio host, event producer, and writer Sarah Cahill moved to Berkeley at age 5 when her late father joined the art history faculty at UC Berkeley. Thanks to a curriculum in the Berkeley public schools that included music education, her graduation from double bass to keyboard came naturally.   Over th...

  • ECM artists 'Dream of the Masters' playlist makes JAZZIZ: The Week in Jazz
    Posted At: November 22, 2021

    JAZZIZ: MATT MICUCCI writes.....ECM Artists "Dream of the Masters" in New Playlist: ECM Records has shared a new curated playlist on media streaming platforms featuring music by artists associated with the label paying tributes to jazz's great creators, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and more. The playlist is titled "Dreaming of the Masters" and features 70 trac...

  • Jazz Crusader - Stix Hooper set to host on 88.1KJAZZ - Los Angeles
    Posted At: November 16, 2021

    eurweb's A. Scott Galloway writes.....Best known as an original member of the pioneering band The Jazz Crusaders (later The Crusaders), Nesbert "Stix" Hooper has enjoyed an illustrious career as a musician, composer, record producer, artist manager, the first national Vice Chairman of the national Academy of recording Arts and Sciences (an unprecedented three terms with that Grammy organization) and ...

  • New Orleans Public Radio expands classical network / Current
    Posted At: November 12, 2021

    Current's Tyler Falk writes.....New Orleans Public Radio will swap news and entertainment for all-classical programming on KTLN, its station in the Houma-Thibodaux area. The format change goes into effect Tuesday. KTLN 90.5 FM currently airs a simulcast of news and entertainment programming from WWNO 89.9 FM, the organization's flagship signal originating from New Orleans.  "We've heard from...

  • 'Winter Tales.' All star cast for Christmas album inspired by childhoods and homelands / udiscovermusic.
    Posted At: November 5, 2021

    udiscovermusic. Sharon Kelly writes......Winter Tales is a new album featuring Christmas music reimagined by star musicians inspired by their childhoods and homelands. The album includes 12 very personal and diverse reflections from Roger and Brian Eno, Peter Gregson, Víkingur Ólafsson, Hania Rani and Dobrawa Czocher, Balmorhea, Mari Samuelsen, Ane Brun, Dustin O'Halloran and Bryan Senti, A...
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