Britten-Pears Foundation and Snape Maltings to merge
The Britten-Pears Foundation and Snape Maltings have announced that they will be merging their organisations to create the Benjamin Britten…
Plácido Domingo to celebrate 50 years with San Francisco Opera
Plácido Domingo will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first performance with San Francisco Opera with a special concert this…
Britten-Pears Foundation and Snape Maltings to merge
The Britten-Pears Foundation and Snape Maltings have announced that they will be merging their organisations to create the Benjamin Britten…
Malta Festival sues Polish Government
Malta Foundation is suing the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (PMCNH) over non-payment of a PLN300,000 (€70,000) grant.…
Australian Dance Awards cancelled
Ausdance National has cancelled its annual awards due to a lack of funding. This year would have marked the 22nd edition of…
All aboard for ballet cruise
Ballet and a boat trip don’t sound like the most obvious bedfellows, but that’s just what is being offered in…
Queen Elisabeth Competition announces its 2019 candidates
The Queen Elisabeth Competition (QEC) has announced the 71 candidates that will take part in this year’s event. The prestigious competition will…
Marc-André Dalbavie wins Stoeger Prize
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has awarded the 2018 Stoeger Prize for composers to Marc-André Dalbavie. The Frenchman will…
Plácido Domingo to celebrate 50 years with San Francisco Opera
Plácido Domingo will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first performance with San Francisco Opera with a special concert this…
Beth Morrison Projects names Next Generation winner
Emma O’Halloran has won the Next Generation competition run by Beth Morrison Projects. O’Halloran has been commissioned to write a…
Paines Plough’s artistic directors to step down
One the UK’s most influential independent theatres is to lose both of its artistic directors just as the 10th annual…
Soprano Danielle de Niese to join British and US TV stars in West End musical
A musical inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ Spanish Golden Age masterpiece is to be revived for London’s West End this…
An Icelandic odyssey
Arna Einarsdóttir has led Iceland Symphony Orchestra from the depths of debt in 2013 to the success of a sold…
Diary: a week in the life of James Grieve
Monday I’m nearing the end of almost a decade as joint artistic director of Paines Plough, the UK’s national theatre…