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Lord Mayor of London launches City Music Foundation

24 May 2013, Hannah Beynon

The Lord Mayor of London has set up a new fund to provide support to musicians at the start of their professional careers.
Scottish Opera announces new season and refurbishment update

21 May 2013, David Kettle

A new Venetian-themed production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni directed by Thomas Allen and a touring chamber version of Handel’s Rodelinda are among the highlights of Scottish Opera’s 2013/14 season, unveiled by general director Alex Reedijk on 21 May.
Academy of St Martin in the Fields celebrates Britten: Cadogan Hall, 23 May

21 May 2013, Alex Stevens

Concert includes world premiere of Sally Beamish's Variations on a Theme of Benjamin Britten, a companion piece to Britten's Bridge Variations.
BBC Young Musician 2014: Open for entries

20 May 2013, Alex Stevens

Entries for the classical arm of the biennial competition close on 26 July. The final will be held on 18 May 2014 at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, with the BBC SSO under Kirill Karabits.
Exhibitors’ 70% increase is vote of confidence in Classical:NEXT

16 May 2013, Phillip Sommerich

Delegate numbers are up 20% for the second outing of Classical:NEXT, the music congress that opens in Vienna on 29 May. More remarkably, the number of exhibitors is up 70% at nearly 130, selling out the exhibition area in the MAK (Museum of Applied and Contemporary Arts).