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The world's first daily classical music magazine, launched 1 January 1999 by the late Basil Ramsey and Keith Bramich. Something new every day, hopefully to inspire you, at
Enjoying Sound: Kazue Niki, in Ongaku, her first article for Classical Music Daily, writes about playing #violin in an amateur #orchestra without practising beforehand : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/07/onga... #children #practice #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #music #ongaku #sound
Trapped by Social Norms: Mike Wheeler's take on the Buxton Festival / Norwich Theatre co-production of Verdi's 'La traviata': www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/07/la-t... Photo©2026 Genevieve Girling @buxtonfestival.bsky.social #Buxton #Verdi #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #music #opera
A Recording to Savour — Geoff Pearce admires the music of British composer John McCabe. '... a fine account of these works ...' : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/07/john... #JohnMcCabe #SignumClassics #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #orchestra #cello #MusicSky #music
Light and Landscape: Looking ahead to some concerts by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/07/new-... #NZSO #Wellington #Christchurch #Auckland #Hamilton #NewZealand #Finland #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #music @tomcardy.bsky.social
Mike Wheeler is impressed by the Buxton Festival revival of Franz Lehár's 'The Merry Widow': www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/07/the-... Photo © 2026 Genevieve Girling @buxtonfestival.bsky.social #operetta #Musicsky #music #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #Hungary #Austria #Buxton #Derbyshire #UK
The winners of the 2026 Swiss Music Prizes have been announced today: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/06/swis... #Switzerland #Musicsky #music #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic
Happy Birthday Johannes Brahms, a composer for grand statements: The late George Colerick writes the composer's larger choral works : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/05/brah... #Brahms #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #ChoralMusic #Germany
Why Music will Survive AI: John Dante Prevedini offers words of encouragement, and caution, on the future of music in the age of artificial intelligence : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/05/why-... #AI #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #ArtificialIntelligence
Twenty-eight-year-old Italian conductor Matteo Dal Maso has won the December 2025 Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in London, just announced in April 2026 : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/01/dona... #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #Italy #London #UK #conductors
Frances Forbes-Carbines talks backstage to musicians from the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra on the eve of their twentieth anniversary gala : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/04/next... #Armenia #Yerevan #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #orchestras #MusicSky #education
'While the Music Lasts' ... last few hours to get Alice McVeigh's orchestral novel for free: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/04/whil... #ClassicalMusicSky #Booksky #classicalmusic #Orchestra #novels #USA #UK #freebook #Mahler #cello
Mike Wheeler is impressed by Beethoven, Robert Schumann and Brahms piano works, played by Hungarian pianist Daniel Lebhardt at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/03/dani... #ClassicalMusicSky #MusicSky #ClassicalMusic #UK #Nottingham #Germany #Hungary #piano
Today at Classical Music Daily, Malcolm Miller finds empathy, compassion, energy and hope in British composer Julian Dawes' new vocal-instrumental chamber work, performed at the 1901 Arts Club in #London: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/03/do-j... #classicalmusicsky #musicsky #ClassicalMusic #UK
Classical Music Daily's March 2026 PDF newsletter, 'Something Special', has just been published: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/03/some... #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalMusicSky #MusicSky #newsletter #France #UK #USA #Canada #Italy #Finland #Ukraine #Russia #concerts #orchestras #singers #piano
Today at Classical Music Daily: Especially Finely Judged - Malcolm Miller writes about three Wigmore Hall London concerts on the subject of music in exile: classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/02/musi... @ARCEnsemble #Toronto #Canada #London #UK #ClassicalMusicSky #MusicSky #exile Photo: Sam Gaetz
Classical Music Festivals in 2026 - A guide to some of the world's 2026 festival music-making: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/01/clas... #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #MusicFestivals #Festivals #Austria #Canada #Estonia #France #Germany #Ireland #Italy #Madeira #Portugal #UK #USA
Riccardo Muti & the CSO visit Orange California. Paul Bodine reports: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/01/chic... @chicagosymphony.bsky.social #ClassicalMusicSky #MusicSky #ClassicalMusic #ChicagoSymphony #OrangeCounty #California #USA #Russia #France #Germany #Austria #Italy Pic: Todd Rosenberg
Our online discussion starts in just under 8 hours from now. #ClassicalMusic #online #discussion #Zoom #music #sound #questions #chat #news #musicnews #JohnCage #433
We will be holding another online discussion tomorrow, 24 hours from now: 'Is it too limiting to equate music with sound itself?' Details here: classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/12/disc... There will also be time to discuss your own classical music news. #ClassicalMusic #discussion #Zoom
Christmas orchestral concert: #Sanktus #Christmas #ClassicalMusic #KentishTown #London #UK #Nicolai #ColeridgeTaylor #Humperdinck #carols #orchestra
John Dante Prevedini will be leading an online discussion at Classical Music Daily later today, Thursday 28 August 2025, on the subject 'The effect of higher education on classical music and musicians'. All welcome! www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/08/disc... #MusicSky #ClassicalMusic #discussion
Guy Johnston, Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra play the Arthur Bliss Cello Concerto on Onyx Classics - digital album out 25 July. Geoff Pearce's review is here: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/07/blis... #ClassicalMusic #UK #RPLO #Liverpool #MusicSky #ClassicalMusicSky
Monumental and Breathtaking Proportions: Adam J Sacks visits the Estonian Song and Dance Festival in Tallinn: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/07/esto... #MusicSky #ClassicalMusicSky #Estonia #Tallinn #ClassicalMusic #song #dance #ChoralMusic #Laulupidu #Baltics
Wales' Presteigne Festival starts in under 6 weeks. Eleanor Alberga is composer-in-residence & the festival marks 50 years since Shostakovich's death: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/07/pres... #MusicSky #ClassicalMusicSky #Wales #Powys #Herefordshire #UK @georgevass.bsky.social Pic: Ben Ealovega
Today: A Critical Examination - Sandrine Erdely-Sayo writes about the misuse of the terms 'intellectual' and 'artist': www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/07/inte... #MusicSky #ClassicalMusicSky #art #artsky #ClassicalMusic #intellectualism #essay #creativity #authenticity
Chicken Feed? Ron Bierman listens to Mozart and Beethoven in San Diego's Epstein Family Amphitheater. Just published at Classical Music Daily: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/07/main... @619sdld.bsky.social #ClassicalMusicSky #MusicSky #ClassicalMusic #SanDiego #California #USA Pic: Ken Jacques
The Girl with the Squeezebox : Peter King on the career of Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/07/ksen... #MusicSky #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #accordion #Latvia #Argentina #France #Italy #Lithuania #Montenegro #Peru #Russia #UK Photo © Janis Spigovskis
Robert McCarney's Resounding Echoes series is back with two new episodes about lesser-known 20th century music: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/06/the-... www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/06/reso... #ResoundingEchoes #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #Austria #Germany #Norway #Russia
Classical Music Daily welcomed 4 new writers during June 2025. First articles here: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/06/wagn... www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/06/marg... www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/06/exce... www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/06/an-e... #ClassicalMusicSky #MusicSky