The winners of the 2026 Swiss Music Prizes have been announced today: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/06/swis... #Switzerland #Musicsky #music #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic

A More Natural State of Perception — Sandrine Erdely-Sayo asks what animals teach us about musical listening : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/05/what... #animals #coyotes #dolphins #horses #cats #dogs #birds #ClassicalMusicSky #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #Music #France #Sedona #Arizona #USA

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

“In this recording, Brian Hsu presents a nuanced portrait of Liszt, moving beyond the image of a mere showman.” —Gerald Fenech, @classicalmusicdaily.com Pre-add Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage before Friday's release at https://listn.fm/anneesdepelerinage

This was my novelistic debut, courtesy of Orion/Hachette. FREE for the next few days!😊"A very enjoyable novel" (The Sunday Telegraph). “It sings with lyrical intensity and eloquent feeling” (Publishers Weekly) Link: books2read.com/u/bOdpnA #Booksky #Orchestra #Mahler #cello #freeebook

Full review here - www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/03/purc... And a clickable listening link: listn.fm/aspotlessrose

My second novel - originally published by Hachette- GHOST MUSIC - is FREE for a brief time. Swipe yours today!!! link: books2read.com/u/3y5LEZ The Secret Life of a symphony orchestra. #classicalmusic #orchestra #Mahler

“hugely entertaining, sometimes mysterious and melancholy…energetic. …an intriguing programme from a disciplined choral group whose dedication to diction, pitch, and general musicality is razor sharp.” —@classicalmusicdaily.com on The Purcell Singers' “A Spotless Rose”. 🎧 ➡️ listn.fm/aspotlessrose

Some up/forthcoming classical music concerts in various countries: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/concerts/?bsky (these are self-entry listings - follow the link on the page) #ClassicalMusicSky #MusicSky #ClassicalMusic #Armenia #Austria #Bulgaria #Canada #France #Hungary #Ireland #Netherlands #UK #USA

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

Today at Classical Music Daily: DENG Liang considers rethinking the master-apprentice system and oral transmission in piano pedagogy: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/01/oral... #ClassicalMusic #piano #China #education #teaching #music #pedagogy #conservative #feudal #reverence #ritual

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

This discussion is happening now. All welcome: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/08/disc... #MusicSky #ClassicalMusic #discussion #Zoom #education

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

Estonian Song and Dance Festival March towards festival grounds 🇪🇪

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

Today at Classical Music Daily, Mike Wheeler listens to choral music by Mozart, Orlando Gibbons, David Bednall and Cecilia McDowall: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/07/sitw... Sitwell Singers #MusicSky #ClassicalMusicSky #ChoralMusic #Derby #UK ‪#Mozart #Austria @orlandogibbons.bsky.social

All good wishes to our friends in the USA on American Independence Day. Here are our latest articles about classical music in the USA: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/articles/a/u... #July4 #MusicSky #ClassicalMusicSky #USA

Nikolas Mavreas' review of Michael Downes' book 'Wagner and the Creation of the Ring' has been quoted on the publisher's website & Amazon : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/06/wagn... This is Nikolas' first review for Classical Music Daily. He's one of 4 new writers who appeared during June 2025.

Gerald Fenech strongly recommends organ and choral music by English composer Herbert Howells on the Regent Records label. '... as virtuosic as one could wish for.' : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/05/howe... #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #HerbertHowells #Durham #UK #RegentRecords #choir #OrganMusic

Review of Saturday's Elgar Festival choral concert given by the Proteus Ensemble conducted by Stephen Shellard in Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire, UK: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/05/elga... #MusicSky #ClassicalMusic #Elgar #Worcestershire #UK #choir Photo: Michael Whitefoot

Birmingham Bach Choir and Paul Spicer return to Great Malvern Priory in Worcestershire, UK on Saturday 5 July 2025 for music by Fauré, Poulenc, Debussy and Russell Hepplewhite. classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/05/la-b... #Malvern #Worcestershire #Birmingham #UK #France #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky

Dated Classical Stoicism? Paul Bodine reports on a @sdbalboa.bsky.social concert, featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yefim Bronfman & Pablo Ferrandez : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/05/mutt... #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #violin #cello #piano #SanDiego #USA #Germany #Austria #Russia Pic: Madi Nguyen

The 'Alice in Wonderland' Phenomenon - Frances Forbes-Carbines listens to Andrea Bocelli presented using innovative sound technology to an audience of twenty thousand: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/05/andr... #Italy #Czechia #Moldova #ClassicalMusic #O2Arena #London #UK Pic © 2025 Luca Rosetti

The Performing Artist as Co-creator - watch and listen to our illustrated online discussion, chaired by John Dante Prevedini: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/05/perf... (runs for nearly 69 mins) #ClassicalMusic #Jazz #MusicSky #discussion #composers #performers #Czechia #Japan #Russia #UK #USA

Serenade to Shakespeare: Mike Wheeler has no complaints about the choral contribution to this inspired idea: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/05/sitw... #Shakespeare #SitwellSingers #AlexWyatt #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #StJohnTheEvangelistDerby #Derby #UK #Australia #Germany #ChoralMusic #piano

We're inviting everyone to a 1 hour discussion on Zoom about 'The Performing Artist as Co-creator' - all welcome. Starts in less than 90 minutes from now. Details (including start time in your region) here: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/04/disc... #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #discussion #Zoom

The Last Days of Immanuel Kant - Donald Nally's professional chamber choir The Crossing gives the first performance of a new work by British composer Gavin Bryars: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/04/the-... #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #GavinBryars #TheCrossing #DonaldNally #Germany #USA #UK

Tomorrow we're inviting everyone to a 1 hour discussion on Zoom about 'The Performing Artist as Co-creator' - all welcome. Full details (including the start time in your region) here: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/04/disc...

Just Shut Up and Play? High profile musicians cancel tours of the USA: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/03/usa-... #ClassicalMusic #USA #Germany #Hungary #Ukraine #Russia #UK Photo © Nadia F Romanini / ECM Records

'... a very compelling work on so many levels ... it is certainly worth familiarising yourself with this work and composer.' - Geoff Pearce, reviewing a recent Lyrita recording of Grace Williams' Missa Cambrensis: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/03/grac... #Wales #ClassicalMusic #UK #BBC #Cardiff

Mike Wheeler is impressed by Dvořák, Prokofiev and Shostakovich from Gabriela Montero and the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tomáš Brauner at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall : www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/02/prag... #ClassicalMusic #Prague #Czechia #Russia #Nottingham #UK #MusicSky

Gerald Fenech strongly recommends early recordings of orchestral music by Danish composer Rued Langgaard on the Danacord label. www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2025/02/rued... #ClassicalMusic #Denmark #MusicSky #NewReleases #Danacord #OrchestralMusic @jenscornelius.bsky.social‬

New release: Rued Langgaard orchestral works in historical recordings, mostly dating from the 1950s and 1960s. Performed by players who knew the man.