| Editor | Keith Clarke |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Fortnightly |
| First issue | 25 September 1976 |
| Company | Rhinegold Publishing |
| Country | UK |
| Website | Official site |
Classical Music magazine is a trade magazine for the classical music profession. It champions those working in the UK classical music industry and has correspondents across Great Britain and in New York.
Its website includes regular news updates on topics relevant to the classical music industry, for example, a widely-referenced account of the interruption by protesters of the Jerusalem Quartet's concert at London's Wigmore Hall on 29 March 2010.[1]
Contents |
Classical Music subscribers receive various supplements throughout the year, which are available to buy separately. The following are currently available:
The size of issues varies from fortnight to fortnight, from 52 pages to 76 pages. Each issue consists of the following broad plan:
Classical Music started out as Classical Music Weekly, launched under editor Trevor Richardson in 1976. In a retrospective for the 500th issue, he wrote ‘CMW was printed on the same presses as Private Eye at the Socialist Workers Press in Bethnal Green ... We worked hard, laughed a lot and panicked frequently.’[2] After nine months, Rhinegold Publishing took over the title, changing the frequency to fortnightly. After a further nine months, as Classical Music & Album Review, in 1979 it was given the enduring title Classical Music. The second editor of the magazine, Robert Maycock, held the position from September 1977 to June 1986. He was succeeded by Graeme Kay, who was in turn succeeded by the current editor, Keith Clarke, in 1991. Past members of the magazine’s editorial team include The Times’ chief music critic Richard Morrison, opera producer Mike Ashman and Fleet Street arts correspondent Dalya Alberge.