Author Profile: Kimon Daltas

Kimon Daltas is editor of Classical Music. Contact him on kimon.daltas@rhinegold.co.uk

Articles written by Kimon Daltas

BBC Proms: From Daleks to Katie Derham, plus seven Wagner operas Photo: Robert Viglasky

24 April 2013

Kimon Daltas

Editorial, May: Proms, women conductors and austerity economics

Many of you will have been burying yourselves in the Proms guide following the recent unveiling of the 2013 season, or indeed filling in one the newfangled online planners. You have till 11 May to get your diary straight because when ticket sales open, you can be certain that the hottest tickets will fly.

2 April 2013

Kimon Daltas

Editorial, April: Divide and rule

Is it a conscious strategy on the part of an embattled government with a slim mandate, or a side effect of reactive policies in a difficult economic climate? A dose of both perhaps.

The Tallis Scholars 40th Anniversary Concert in St Paul's Cathedral, 7 March 2013. photo: © Clive Barda

8 March 2013

Kimon Daltas

The Tallis Scholars launch 40th birthday celebrations

A celebratory concert at St Paul's Cathedral yesterday opened the Tallis Scholars' 40th anniversary year, with Peter Philips, the group's founder and artistic director, conducting a fluid group of singers ranging from 11 to a thunderous 40.

A design study of plans for the Southbank Centre's Festival Wing Photo: FeildenCleggBradleyStudios

6 March 2013

Kimon Daltas

Major building plan announced for Southbank Centre’s ‘Festival Wing’

The Southbank Centre has announced a major renovation and new building project, aimed at rationalising the areas around the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and creating a large rehearsal space. A new foyer will connect the spaces of the Festival Wing, and the 'glass box' rehearsal space will form a dramatic addition to the South Bank skyline.

Kimon Daltas, Editor, Classical Music

1 March 2013

Kimon Daltas

Editorial, March: Dark clouds and little else

Writing this welcome note would be a lot more fun if the good news weren’t so thin on the ground this month. The allegations of abuse by music teachers are as shocking as they are sad, and there is no guarantee that the coming months won’t see more revelations.

Kimon Daltas, Editor, Classical Music

10 February 2013

Kimon Daltas

Editorial, February: Straw men and sine qua nons

I’ve been enjoying reading various responses to comments made by Max Hole, the ceo of Universal Music Group International, at the Association of British Orchestras conference towards the end of January. Most seem to have jumped to conclusions about what he said, based on a few quotes. Straw men were raised and dutifully knocked back down, in admittedly interesting and well-reasoned terms. What were off-the-cuff comments have been interpreted as if he were issuing sine qua nons for the survival of the orchestral sector or even classical music itself.

"I am very proud indeed to be associated with it" – Sir Antonio Pappano with the ISM Distinguished Musician award

18 January 2013

Kimon Daltas

Pappano presented with ISM’s Distinguished Musician Award

Sir Antonio Pappano was presented with the award at a small ceremony in the Royal Opera House’s Conservatory room yesterday. The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) established the award in 1976 with the stated aim ‘to recognise outstanding contributions to musical life in the UK’.

Site at launch

10 January 2013

Kimon Daltas

Welcome to the new Classical Music website

Welcome to the new Classical Music website, and thank you for visiting. We hope you find the changes we have made useful, helpful and easy to navigate, but we thought some key directions in the early stages wouldn’t go amiss.

Kimon Daltas, Editor, Classical Music

9 January 2013

Kimon Daltas

Editorial, January: New year, new CM

The changes coquettishly hinted at by my predecessor Keith Clarke in his editorial last issue have pretty much come to fruition. The first is that, as of this issue, we are a monthly magazine. CM has been fortnightly for 35 years, and although I think the printing press was around back then, pretty much every other aspect of publishing has changed.

3 December 2012

Kimon Daltas

British Composer Awards announced

The British Composer Awards 2012 ceremony was held at the Goldsmith’s Hall in the City of London last night, with some familiar and some new names in among the winners.