The Grammys are turning a dry nominations announcement into an hourlong TV special.
Alliance Import Services will serve as exclusive U.S. Distributor for about 1,500 titles from the classical music catalogs of Deutsche Grammophon, Phillips and Decca, all part of the Decca Label Group.
EMI Classics has extended its recording deal with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Silvio Pietroluongo, who has been Billboard associate director of charts
since 2006, has been named director of charts. He replaces director of
charts/senior analyst Geoff Mayfield, who is leaving Billboard after 23
years to join the Universal Music Group Distribution as VP of business
analysis and market research.
Singapore-born British virtuoso violinist Vanessa Mae has joined up with digital satellite TV channel Sky Arts 2 to present a season about the U.K.'s most loved classical music.
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) has revealed details of its new home. The 80-year-old orchestra will move to the BBC Hoddinott Hall at the £106m ($185m) Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff in January 2009.
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