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'No Time To Die'
Hans Zimmer steps in at last minute to score Bond film ‘No Time To Die’ Hans Zimmer to score the latest Bond installment No Time To Die. Picture: Getty / YouTube / Eon Productions By Sian Hamer, ClassicFM 705 The legendary film composer is taking over from Dan Romer as a last-minute replacement – just three months before the Bond movie is set to be released. The score to the new Bond film No Time To Die will now be produced by Hans Zimmer . Zimmer, who has been drafted in as a last-minute replacement, is taking the reins from composer Dan Romer who was originally set to score the film. According to Variety , the Beasts of No Nation composer was dismissed over “creative differences” with the film’s production company, Eon Productions, last month. Read more: No Time To Die: what’s the music in the new Bond film and when is it released? > We’re sure the score to the highly-a...
Eight of the world’s 100 top conductors are now women ...
... compared to just one in 2013 7 January 2020, 11:30 | Updated: 7 January 2020, 12:31 Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Marin Alsop, Simone Young, Susanna Mälkki and JoAnn Falletta. Picture: Getty By Maddy Shaw Roberts, ClassicFM 0 New research into classical music in 2019 shows progress for female composers and conductors, as more women take up space on the concert stage than ever before. Female conductors, including Simone Young and CBSO’s Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla , now make up eight per cent of the world’s top 100 maestros. The figures, which come from classical music website Bachtrack , reveal that in 2013 there was just one woman – the great American maestro, Marin Alsop – in the top 100. There’s also progress for female composers, as the study finds 24 of the top 100 contemporary composers are now women – that’s double the figure of 2017. London-born Cecilia McDowall, known for her great chor...
Ten ways the 2010s changed classical music forever
2010s changed classical music. Picture: Getty / Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / Classic FM By Kyle Macdonald, ClassicFM In a decade of change in music, we’ve selected 10 moments that reflect the altering course of classical music history. Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 21 March 2010 The early 2010s were very much about virtual everything, as the arts world started to discover a whole host of new connections and collaborations that could take place online. The decade began with a project from composer and conductor Eric Whitacre who created a user-generated choir, taking video recordings from webcams around the world. His Virtual Choir made its debut in 21 March 2010. Eric has gone on to head up four other projects, with thousands of choral participants and millions of views. iTunes Festival: Eric Whitacre Performs At The Roundhouse. Picture: Getty The graphics of that Virtual Choir No. 1 definitely now look 10 years out of date, but it wa...