By Jacob Stockinger
It’s springtime not just on the calendar and in the backyard but also in the classical music world where prizes are handed out and renewals are at hand.
But it must feel like winter in Philadelphia.
ITEM: The Chinese-American composer Zhou Long (below) wins a Pulitzer Prize for his new opera:
ITEM: BBC Music Magazine (below) hands out its top awards. Best of Show goes to ..:
http://www.classical-music.com/awards2011
ITEM: Chicago Symphony Orchestra maestro Riccardo Muti (below) is back in top form with Verdi and Berlioz, and conquers New York at Carnegie Hall:
ITEM: The revered Philadelphia Orchestra (below) does it, and files for bankruptcy:
ITEM: How do classical music and feelings of well-being connect in the human brain?
http://www.overgrownpath.com/2011/04/classical-music-and-feel-good-factor.html
ITEM: Here are two events, with Simon Rattle (below) conducting Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” and Yundi playing Chopin, to watch on Easter Sunday:
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/two-special-musical-events-to-watch-this-easter
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