BBC Radio 3 pledges to play more classical music by ‘unfairly forgotten’ BAME composers

BBC Radio Three has pledged to play more music from composers from ethnic minority backgrounds – who bosses say have been ‘unfairly forgotten’. Amid a push for a ‘more diverse repertoire’, the radio station, which focuses on classical music and opera, will shine a spotlight on the work of BAME composers. It comes as seven … Read more

BBC Radio 3 pledges to play more classical music by ‘unfairly forgotten’ BAME composers

BBC Radio Three has pledged to play more music from composers from ethnic minority backgrounds – who bosses say have been ‘unfairly forgotten’. Amid a push for a ‘more diverse repertoire’, the radio station, which focuses on classical music and opera, will shine a spotlight on the work of BAME composers. It comes as seven … Read more

Suburban music teacher DEFEATS world-renowned classical musician in court battle over £80,000 violin

Pictured: Professor Mateja Marinkovic, a former Royal Academy of Music associate A suburban music teacher has won her court battle against a world-renowned classical musician over an antique violin he allegedly offered to buy from her with cash hidden inside a piano in Belgrade.  Ruzica West, 38, sued violinist Professor Mateja Marinkovic, a former Royal Academy … Read more

Suburban music teacher DEFEATS world-renowned classical musician in court battle over £80,000 violin

Pictured: Professor Mateja Marinkovic, a former Royal Academy of Music associate A suburban music teacher has won her court battle against a world-renowned classical musician over an antique £80,000 Italian violin he allegedly offered to buy from her with cash hidden inside a piano in Belgrade.  Ruzica West, 38, sued Professor Mateja Marinkovic, a former Royal … Read more

Classical singer’s career is left in ruins after she was injured in road rage crash

A racing driver ran a classical singer off the road in a horror crash that has left her career in ruins. Alan Thompson, 32, flew into a rage on the way home from a track and pulled in front of Billie Allin. Soprano Ms Allin, 21, was carefully driving her Vauxhall Corsa when she was ‘cut … Read more

Chris Evans shares Christmas Day piano recital of contemporary classical song on Instagram Stories

Chris Evans shares Christmas Day piano recital of contemporary classical song on Instagram Stories By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 03:26 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 03:26 GMT, 26 December 2020 Chris Evans treated his Instagram followers to a Christmas Day piano recital. The 39-year-old actor posted a pair of video clips on his … Read more

Lecce is Italy at its classical best with lavish architecture and irresistible food and wine

Good old Italy is one of those countries whose cities are often admirably suited to particular tastes. If it’s Roman ruins you’re after, there’s no better destination than Rome itself; if art’s your bag, you can’t beat Florence with its world-renowned Uffizi Gallery. But if churchspotting is your thing head for the Puglian city of … Read more

Police close down family string quartet playing classical music for their neighbours

Police close down family string quartet playing classical music for their neighbours claiming they are breaking coronavirus lockdown rules Rafael Todes, 53, had been playing with family outside property in West London Police officers arrived and said it may encourage residents to gather on street  Musical family had been playing  Shostakovich’s String Quartet No4 in garden … Read more

Police close down family string quartet playing classical music for their neighbours

Police close down family string quartet playing classical music for their neighbours claiming they are breaking coronavirus lockdown rules Rafael Todes, 53, had been playing with family outside property in West London Police officers arrived and said it may encourage residents to gather on street  Musical family had been playing  Shostakovich’s String Quartet No4 in garden … Read more

The Lark Ascending voted UK’s list of favourite pieces of classical music again

The Lark Ascending is still number one on the UK’s list of favourite pieces of classical music By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 02:03 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 02:04 BST, 14 April 2020 It is a work that sends the nation’s spirits soaring. So fittingly, The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams has been … Read more