Lightspeed Champion Orchestra Project

Maverick English songwriter Lightspeed Champion is set to launch a new classical music project - and you could be a part of it. Real name Dev Hynes, Lightspeed Champion seems to burn through ideas like a creative inferno. Debut album 'Falling Off The Lavender Bridge' was a stunning introduction to his imagination, featuring some startling songwriting. Recorded in Omaha Creek, Lightspeed Champion has since indulged in a number of bizarre side projects. A series of shows earlier this yea

Learn To Play Guitar DVD: The New Directions In Music

Learn To Play Guitar DVD: The New Directions In Music by Jonathan CrummeyDo you need natural talent to be a great (or even a good) musician? Don’t believe this. It is true that some people possess more natural abilities in one or skill or another. For example, some athletes are naturally fast sprinters.You know what everyone says, “Teaching yourself is the best way to be original”. This is so obviously false its hard to believe that anyone could actually believe it – yet some people sti

Vienna Philharmonic Cruise From Dertour

If you have a passion for orchestral music and would like to experience one of the world’s premier orchestras in some of the most stunning settings in Europe, then look no further. German specialist tour operator, Dertour has launched a new ‘Sea Music’ cruise of the Baltic Sea for 2010 featuring the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The cruise will take place between the 7th and 17th of July 2010 and its itinerary includes Kiel, Tallinn, St Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Kaliningrad

Bowled over by LA’s new maestro – Los Angeles Times

BBC News Bowled over by LA's new maestro Los Angeles Times And so, Saturday, it came to pass. After all the extraordinary buildup — the billboards and the bilingual media frenzy — 18000 people from every corner of the city came to the Hollywood Bowl to bear witness. He goes by many names: Gustavo the Great. ... LA Phil's new maestro: 'Classical music is cool' The Associated Press LA welcomes Phil's Dudamel with joy Los Angeles Times A world beat to Dudamel's w

Dudamel bows with a Beethoven for all the ages

And so, Saturday, it came to pass. After all the extraordinary buildup — the billboards and the bilingual media frenzy — 18,000 people from every corner of the city came to the Hollywood Bowl to bear witness. He goes by many names: Gustavo the Great. Gustavissimo. The Dude. Some have taken to referring to the new music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic by his initials , thus: G*D. It’s all too much, we critics judiciously caution. But in his first return to the Hollywood Bowl since

?Classical music is cool,? 28-year-old Dudamel says as he begins reign as LA Phil maestro

LA Phil’s new maestro: ‘Classical music is cool’ LOS ANGELES ? Gustavo Dudamel held his first rehearsal as the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new maestro, wearing trendy black sneakers and a persistent smile that showed the sheer fun he’s having directing one of the world’s premiere orchestras. As the 28-year-old conductor arrived at the gleaming Walt Disney Concert [...]

LA Phil’s new conductor: ‘Classical music is cool’ (AP)

AP – Gustavo Dudamel held his first rehearsal with the Los Angeles Philharmonic wearing trendy black sneakers and a persistent smile that showed the sheer fun he’s having directing one of the world’s premiere orchestras. from Yahoo! News: Entertainment News

LA Phil’s new conductor: ‘Classical music is cool’

Gustavo Dudamel held his first rehearsal with the Los Angeles Philharmonic wearing trendy black sneakers and a persistent smile that showed the sheer fun he’s having directing one of the world’s premiere orchestras. As the 28-year-old conductor arrived at the gleaming Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday with his ballerina wife, Eloisa Maturen, he… from WN.com – Entertainment News

Twitter is Destroying Classical Music…

Are critics really allowed to do this...attack the soloist? Don't they know that it's their job to heap excessive amounts of hyperbolic praise upon every soloist who ever plays with an orchestra? Guess not. Anyways, good, it's nice see critics turn that scornful ear towards something other than new music.So I was a bit curious when I came across this article in the New York Times, by Michael Kimmelman, that seemed to be a pretty scathing review of renowned pianist Lang Lang after a performance i

Muse, ‘The Resistance’ - Metareview

Filed under: Metareview , New Music Mew 's first studio album in three years (released Sept. 15) is causing quite the commotion. For starters, look at the album cover - it's just screaming loudness; a harmonious universe with multiple layers and musical dimensions. And that's just what this album encompasses: electric pulses, symphonic arias, and some heavy metal guitar. The reviews are mixed but lean towards the favorable side; be sure to read some of the reviews after the jump.

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