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Nicola Benedetti
BBC Young Musician 2014 now open for applications
20/05/2013
Competition to include a Jazz Award for the first time
Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake to be broadcast worldwide in 3D
20/05/2013
A Mariinsky performance of Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake will be broadcast live using 3D technology
Valentina Nafornita
Free DVD celebrating 30 years of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World!
17/05/2013
This month’s issue of BBC Music Magazine comes with a film of winning performances from the festival’s history - from Karita Mattila in...

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Jonas Kaufmann
BBC Radio 3 to broadcast every opera by Wagner, Verdi and Britten
07/01/2013
Performances from the Met, the Royal Opera House and English National Opera to be broadcast throughout 2013
Richard Rodney Bennett
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
02/01/2013
The versatile British composer dies, aged 76
BBC Music Magazine
The wait is over…
20/12/2012
BBC Music is now available on Android
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (1920-2012)
12/12/2012
The legendary sitar player who became an ambassador for Indian classical music has died, aged 92
Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012)
11/12/2012
Great Russian soprano dies, aged 86
Lisa della Casa
Lisa Della Casa (1919-2012)
11/12/2012
One of the world’s greatest sopranos dies at 93
Charles Rosen
Charles Rosen (1927-2012)
11/12/2012
Pianist and author of ‘The Classical Style’ dies, aged 85
Time Out
Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
06/12/2012
The legendary ‘Take Five’ jazz pianist has died, aged 91
National Youth Orchestra is awarded Queen's Medal
06/12/2012
Ensemble becomes first the organisation to receive prestigious award
Jonathan Harvey
Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012)
06/12/2012
Composer of works including ‘Wagner Dream’ dies aged 73
Harrison Birtwistle
Winners of British Composer Awards 2012 announced
03/12/2012
Thomas Adès, Jocelyn Pook and Sir Harrison Birtwistle take home awards