BBC reveals 2024 Proms season

Running from 19 July to 14 September, this year’s season will include 90 Proms at the festival’s Royal Albert Hall home and across the UK BBC Proms

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Will Frost wins International Handel Singing Competition

Frost took home the £5,000 first prize, while the second prize was awarded jointly to sopranos Charlotte Bowden and Isabelle Haile

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Industry responds to ‘painfully disappointing’ government inaction following Misogyny In Music Inquiry

Black Lives in Music and ISM have responded to the government's decision not to accept recommendations made in January's Misogyny in Music report

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Opus 3 Artists Berlin office to rebrand as Askonas Holt Berlin

Effective from July 1, the rebrand will see Opus 3 Berlin’s team and artists come under the banner of Askonas Holt Berlin Askonas Holt Opus 3 Artists

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RPO announces 2024-25 season

Concerts across the upcoming season are designed to reflect the ‘depth and diversity’ of orchestral music Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Cumnock Tryst launches 10th anniversary season

Birthday celebrations will include the debut of the newly formed Cumnock Tryst Ensemble alongside a packed four-day programme of concerts and community events The Cumnock Tryst

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BBC Proms appoints director of artistic planning

Hannah Donat will take up the role in May ahead of the 2024 Proms season BBC Proms

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From Birtwistle to Stormzy: why tradition must always be challenged

Composer Keith Burstein explores how music has changed since The Hecklers booed Sir Harrison Birtwistle – and reflects on why he felt called to such radical action in the first place

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Join ISM Trust's webinar 'Cultural barriers to singing' on 23 April, 4-5pm, as an expert panel discuss religion, family attitudes, cultural legacy, and navigating differing cultural and social expectations ism.org/advice/singing…

Conductor Sir Andrew Davis has died

The conductor, who led major orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, died on Saturday

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Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie appoints Jonathan Bloxham as chief conductor

Joining the orchestra from September 2024, Bloxham will succeed Jonathon Heyward Jonathan Bloxham

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Joseph Oerke becomes executive vice president of Decca Records US

Oerke will lead the marketing and artist strategy for Decca Records US Decca Records

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‘We need to understand what is really going on behind closed doors:’ BLiM launches bullying and harassment survey

Through the YourSafetyYourSay survey, Black Lives in Music will investigate the ‘true scale’ of the issue Black Lives in Music The Ivors Academy

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Philharmonia Orchestra reveals first half of 2024-25 season

The upcoming season is set to reflect principal conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s love of nature Philharmonia Orchestra

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IMG Artists and TACT Artists Management announce ‘strategic alliance’

The new partnership will see each agency’s vocal departments work together to ‘pool expertise and resources’ IMG Artists TACT Int. Art Management

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Southbank Centre launches Autumn-Winter programme

The season kicks off in September with a newly expanded opening weekend Southbank Centre

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WNO shrinks 2024-25 season amid ‘increasing financial challenges’

Welsh National Opera has dropped two weeks from its 2024-25 season with tours to Bristol and Llandudno no longer taking place Welsh National Opera

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Ryedale Festival reveals 2024 programme

The festival returns to North Yorkshire this summer with 58 performances from 12 to 28 July Ryedale Festival

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Three Choirs Festival chief executive to step down

Alexis Paterson will leave the organisation following the 2024 festival in Worcester Three Choirs Festival

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Musicians’ Company appoints new CEO

Neil Constable will join the charitable company in November, succeeding Hugh Lloyd who has held the role for over a decade The Musicians' Company

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